Template method for fabricating interdigitate p-n heterojunction for organic solar cell

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Hu, Jianchen ^a,b   Shirai, Yasuhiro ^a   Han, Liyuan ^a   Wakayama, Yutaka ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anodic aluminum oxide; P n junction; P3TH pillars; Photovoltaic effect

Indexed keywords

AAO TEMPLATE; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; CARRIER GENERATION; DEVICE PROPERTIES; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EXCITON DIFFUSION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P-N HETEROJUNCTIONS; P-N JUNCTION; P3TH PILLARS; TEMPLATE METHODS;

ANODIC OXIDATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84866060437     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-469     Document Type: Article

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