Effects of annealing temperature of aqueous solution-processed ZnO electron-selective layers on inverted polymer solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 100-104

  Ka, Yoonseok ^a   Lee, Eungkyu ^a   Park, Si Yun ^a   Seo, Jaewon ^b   Kwon, Dae Gyeon ^b   Lee, Hyun Hwi ^c   Park, Yongsup ^b   Kim, Youn Sang ^a   Kim, Changsoon ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Inverted solar cells; Organic solar cells; Polymer solar cells; Solution process; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTIONS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY SCATTERING; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC OXIDE;

ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED SOLAR CELLS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION PROCESS; TRANSMITTANCE MEASUREMENTS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84870218941     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.10.013     Document Type: Article

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