Combined alternative electrodes for semi-transparent and ITO-free small molecule organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2422-2428

  Kim, Yong Hyun ^a   Sachse, Christoph ^a   Zakhidov, Alexander A ^a   Meiss, Jan ^a   Zakhidov, Anvar A ^b,c   Müller Meskamp, Lars ^a,d   Leo, Karl ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHOTONIC MICROSYSTEMS   (Germany)

^d Research Unit Transformation of Energy Systems   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ag nanowires; Carbon nanotubes; Organic solar cells; PEDOT:PSS; Transparent conductive electrodes; Transparent solar cells

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLECULES; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; YARN; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

AG NANOWIRES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT SOLAR CELLS;

TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

EID: 84865061263     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.06.034     Document Type: Article

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