Flexible PEDOT: PSS/ITO hybrid transparent conducting electrode for organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 115, Issue , 2013, Pages 71-78

  Lim, Kyounga ^a   Jung, Sunghoon ^a   Kim, Jong Kuk ^a   Kang, Jae Wook ^b   Kim, Joo Hyun ^c   Choa, Sung Hoon ^d   Kim, Do Geun ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^d Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Flexibility; ITO; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBILITY; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; ITO; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PEDOT:PSS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES;

BUFFER LAYERS; SUBSTRATES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84876546642     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.03.028     Document Type: Article

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