Influence of NiO anode buffer layer prepared by solution on performance of bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 7809-7812

  Kim, Kyung Ho ^a   Takahashi, Chiaki ^a   Okubo, Takashi ^b   Abe, Yoshio ^a   Kawamura, Midori ^a  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous; Anode buffer layer; Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Nanocrystalline; NiO; Solution

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; ANODES; BUFFER LAYERS; FILM PREPARATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NICKEL OXIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOL-GELS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLUTIONS; THIN FILMS;

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84862535388     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.04.017     Document Type: Article

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