Solution-processed zinc oxide nanoparticles as interlayer materials for inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 156-163

  Ibrahem, Mohammed Aziz ^a,b,c   Wei, Hung Yu ^a   Tsai, Meng Hung ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a   Shyue, Jing Jong ^a,b   Chu, Chih Wie ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Nanoparticles; Polymer solar cells; Wet grinding; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIR MASS; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; AVERAGE SIZE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON EXTRACTION; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; GRADIENT CONCENTRATION; INTERLAYER MATERIALS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYSTYRENE SULFONIC ACID; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; SOLVENT ANNEALING; WET GRINDING; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84867611390     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.09.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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