Solution processable, precursor based zinc oxide buffer layers for 4.5% efficient organic tandem solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2696-2701

  Puetz, Andreas ^a   Steiner, Florian ^a   Mescher, Jan ^a   Reinhard, Manuel ^a   Christ, Nico ^a   Kutsarov, Dimitar ^a   Kalt, Heinz ^a   Lemmer, Uli ^a   Colsmann, Alexander ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Polymer solar cell; Recombination zone; Solution processing; Tandem solar cell; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; PROCESSING; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSFER MATRIX METHOD; ZINC OXIDE;

OPTICAL TRANSFER MATRIX; OXIDE BUFFER LAYERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING TEMPERATURE; RECOMBINATION ZONES; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; TANDEM SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865558937     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.07.043     Document Type: Article

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