High fill factor polymer solar cells comprising a transparent, low temperature solution processed doped metal oxide/metal nanowire composite electrode

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 248-251

  Stubhan, Tobias ^a   Krantz, Johannes ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Guo, Fei ^a   Litzov, Ivan ^a   Steidl, Matthias ^a   Richter, Moses ^a   Matt, Gebhard J ^a   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aluminum doped zinc oxide; Metal nanowires; Organic solar cells; Solution processed; Transparent electrode; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM-DOPED ZINC OXIDE; METAL NANOWIRE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ALUMINUM; BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TEMPERATURE; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84867583067     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.06.039     Document Type: Article

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