Controllable synthesis of flake-like Al-doped ZnO nanostructures and its application in inverted organic solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Fan, Xi ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Liu, Nishuang ^a   Gao, Huimin ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Li, Songzhan ^a   Long, Hao ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al doped zno; Electrical conductivity; Inverted organic solar cell; Morphology

Indexed keywords

AL-CONCENTRATION; AL-DOPED ZNO; CHARGE COLLECTION; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INTERFACIAL AREAS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TUNABLE MORPHOLOGIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84862907870     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-546     Document Type: Article

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