Organic solar cells employing electrodeposited nickel oxide nanostructures as the anode buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 256-261

  Yang, Hongbin ^a,b   Gong, Cheng ^a   Hong Guai, Guan ^a   Ming Li, Chang ^a,b  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Electrochemical deposition; Nanostructures; Nickel oxide; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENT ANODE; ELECTRO-DEPOSITED NICKEL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; FACILE METHOD; HOLE TRANSPORTING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANO-ISLANDS; NIO FILMS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; REDUCTION; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

NICKEL OXIDE;

EID: 84862800483     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.01.041     Document Type: Article

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