Enhancement of the power conversion efficiency for organic photovoltaic devices due to an embedded rugged nanostructural layer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1068-1072

  Kim, Dae Hun ^a   Jeon, Young Pyo ^a   Lee, Se Han ^a   Lee, Dea Uk ^a   Kim, Tae Whan ^a   Han, Sung Hwan ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Organic photovoltaic cells; Power conversion efficiency; Rugged structures

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; INTERFACIAL REGION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RUGGED STRUCTURES;

CELLS;

EID: 84859177845     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.02.022     Document Type: Article

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