Directional dependence of electron blocking in PEDOT:PSS

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2747-2756

  Mauger, Scott A ^a   Chang, Lilian ^a   Rochester, Christopher W ^a   Moulé, Adam J ^a  

^a University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Electron blocking; Inverted architecture; Organic photovoltaics; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; ELECTRONS;

DIRECTIONAL DEPENDENCE; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON BLOCKING; INVERTED ARCHITECTURES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE);

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84865637520     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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