Indium tin oxide-free polymer solar cells using a PEDOT:PSS/Ag/PEDOT:PSS multilayer as a transparent anode

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 42, 2012, Pages

  Qu, Bo ^a   Ma, Shengbo ^a   Chen, Zhijian ^a   Xiao, Lixin ^a   Gong, Qihuang ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST-EFFICIENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FILL FACTOR; FREE POLYMERS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO ELECTRODES; OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT ANODES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ETHYLENE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MULTILAYERS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84867242362     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/42/425102     Document Type: Article

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