Effects of cathode modification using spin-coated lithium acetate on the performances of polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Jiang, Liang ^a   Li, Aiyuan ^a   Deng, Xianyu ^a   Zheng, Shizhao ^b   Wong, King Young ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CATHODE MODIFICATION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; LITHIUM ACETATE; METAL/ORGANIC INTERFACES; N-TYPE DOPING; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; SPIN-COATING PROCESS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATHODES;

EID: 84872291838     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4773570     Document Type: Article

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