Real function of semiconducting polymer in GaAs/polymer planar heterojunction solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 6619-6626

  Yan, Liang ^a   You, Wei ^a  

^a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

GaAs; hybrid solar cell; planar heterojunction; polymers; Schottky barrier

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; GAAS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; HOMO ENERGY LEVELS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; TYPE II HETERO JUNCTIONS;

GALLIUM ARSENIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84883238389     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn306047q     Document Type: Article

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