Inverted polymer solar cells including ZnO electron transport layer fabricated by facile spray pyrolysis

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 139-144

  Noh, Yong Jin ^a   Na, Seok In ^b   Kim, Seok Soon ^a  

^a Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electron transport layers; Inverted polymer solar cell; Spray pyrolysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; MICROSCOPIC ROUGHNESS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; ZNO;

DURABILITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FABRICATION; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84879388059     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.062     Document Type: Article

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