Materials and devices design for efficient double junction polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-229

  Siddiki, Mahbube Khoda ^a   Venkatesan, Swaminathan ^a   Wang, Mingtai ^b   Qiao, Qiquan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Double junction; Interfacial layers; Polymer solar cells; Single junction

Indexed keywords

CDSE; CELL EFFICIENCY; CURRENT EFFICIENCY; DEVICE DESIGN; DOUBLE JUNCTION; DOUBLE-JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HOMO ENERGY LEVELS; INTERFACIAL LAYER; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; LIGHT WEIGHT; ORGANIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SINGLE JUNCTION; SUB-CELLS; TIO; ZNO;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84870242267     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.04.028     Document Type: Conference Paper

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