Improved performance of ZnO nanostructured bulk heterojunction organic solar cells with nanowire-density modified by yttrium chloride introduction into solution

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-278

  Woo Choi, Hyung ^a   Lee, Kyu Sung ^b   David Theodore, N ^c   Alford, T L ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

^c FREESCALE SEMICONDUCTOR INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflection; Bulk heterojunction; Nanowire; Organic solar cell; Yttrium; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ANTI-REFLECTION; ANTIREFLECTIVE STRUCTURE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; INDIUM TIN OXIDE SUBSTRATES; LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURE FORMATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOWIRES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; YTTRIUM; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880048412     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.06.036     Document Type: Article

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