Understanding the improved stability of hybrid polymer solar cells fabricated with copper electrodes

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1492-1501

  Reeja Jayan, B ^a   Manthiram, Arumugam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cells; Interface; Metal electrode; Oxygen vacancies; P3HT TiO 2 cells; Stability

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN; CONTINUOUS TESTING; COPPER ELECTRODES; CU ATOMS; CU LAYERS; FREE ELECTRON; HYBRID POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; IN-SITU; INERT ATMOSPHERES; METAL ELECTRODE; METAL ELECTRODES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TIO; VERTICAL SEGREGATION; XPS DEPTH PROFILING;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; DEPTH PROFILING; ELECTRODES; METAL ANALYSIS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84857734838     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am200067d     Document Type: Article

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