Performance correlated with device layout and illumination area in solar cells based on polymer and aligned ZnO nanorods

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1459-1469

  Wu, Fan ^a,b   Yue, Wenjin ^a,b   Cui, Qi ^a,b   Liu, Changwen ^a,b   Qiu, Zeliang ^a,b   Shen, Wei ^a,b   Zhang, Hui ^a,b   Wang, Mingtai ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Conjugated polymer; Device layout; Solar cells; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ACCURATE PERFORMANCE; ALIGNED ZNO NANORODS; AU ELECTRODES; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; DEVICE LAYOUT; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYNAMIC PERFORMANCE; ITO ELECTRODES; MEH-PPV; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO;

CHARACTERIZATION; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

EQUIPMENT;

ELECTRODE; FUEL CELL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; ZINC;

EID: 84859445060     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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