In situ-prepared composite materials of PEDOT: PSS buffer layer-metal nanoparticles and their application to organic solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Woo, Sungho ^a   Jeong, Jae Hoon ^a,b   Lyu, Hong Kun ^a   Han, Yoon Soo ^c   Kim, Youngkyoo ^b  

^a Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Enhanced light absorption; In situ preparation; Organic solar cells; PEDOT:PSS metal NPs

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; BUTYRIC ACID; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; GLASS CERAMICS; GOLD COATINGS; GOLD COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TIN OXIDES;

CHARACTERISTIC ABSORPTION; ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; IN-SITU PREPARATIONS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE EFFECTS; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

SILVER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871183555     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-641     Document Type: Article

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