Improvement of ITO-free inverted polymer-based solar cells by using colloidal zinc oxide nanocrystals as electron-selective buffer layer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2386-2394

  Wilken, Sebastian ^a   Scheunemann, Dorothea ^a   Wilkens, Verena ^a   Parisi, Jürgen ^a   Borchert, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyclic voltammetry; Electron selective buffer layer; ITO free; Organic solar cells; Rietveld refinement; Zinc oxide nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PARTICLE SIZE; RIETVELD REFINEMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRON-SELECTIVE BUFFER LAYERS; ITO FREE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; WET CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; ZINC OXIDE NANOCRYSTALS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865050460     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.026     Document Type: Article

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