Enhancing the performance of P3HT:ICBA based polymer solar cells using LiF as electron collecting buffer layer and UV-ozone treated MoO3 as hole collecting buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-68

  Cheng, Fei ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Fan, Xi ^a,b   Huang, Huihui ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Lei, Hongwei ^a   Li, Yongfang ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

BHJ polymer solar cell; Buffer layer; LiF; MoO3; UV ozone

Indexed keywords

BIS-ADDUCTS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXCITON QUENCHING; FILL FACTOR; FILM QUALITY; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; LIF; LITHIUM FLUORIDE; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; MOO3; OPTIMAL PARAMETER; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TREATMENT TIME; UV-OZONE;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM; OPTIMIZATION; OZONE; OZONE LAYER; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84872106202     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.006     Document Type: Article

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