Graphene-based functional materials for organic solar cells [Invited]

Optical Materials Express

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 814-824

  Pan, Zhe ^a   Gu, Huili ^a   Wu, Meng Ting ^a   Li, Yongxi ^a   Chen, Yu ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GOOD STABILITY; HIGH TRANSPARENCY; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; INTERFACE LAYER; MECHANICAL STIFFNESS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THERMAL RESPONSE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; TRANSPORT MATERIALS;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRODES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84866532809     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21593930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OME.2.000814     Document Type: Article

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