Interface-engineering additives for inverted BHJ polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-23

  Park, Byoungchoo ^a   Chul Shin, Jung ^a   Huh, Yoon Ho ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Interface engineering; Polymer photovoltaic; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

ANODE LAYERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; FUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES; INTERFACE-ENGINEERING; METHYL ESTERS; OXYETHYLENE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REFERENCE DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

ADDITIVES; CELL ENGINEERING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETHERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 84871864326     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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