An 11%-power-conversion-efficiency organic-inorganic hybrid solar cell achieved by facile organic passivation

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 345-347

  Liu, Dong ^a   Zhang, Yunfang ^a   Fang, Xiao ^a   Zhang, Fute ^a   Song, Tao ^a   Sun, Baoquan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Carrier concentration; high efficiency hybrid solar cell; solution deposition; transient electrical output characteristics; ultrathin organic layer

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRICAL OUTPUT; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LOW COSTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; PASSIVATION LAYER; POLYETHYLENIMINES; POLYMER LAYERS; SCHOTTKY SOLAR CELLS; SILICON SURFACES; SOLUTION DEPOSITION; SPIN-COATING METHOD; SURFACE PASSIVATION; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRATHIN ORGANIC LAYERS;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; EFFICIENCY; PASSIVATION; POWER QUALITY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874663523     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2013.2239255     Document Type: Article

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