Interfacial layer for efficiency improvement of solution-processed small molecular solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 118, Issue , 2013, Pages 135-140

  Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Fujun ^a   Dai, Haidao ^b   Tang, Weihua ^c   Wang, Zixuan ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Tang, Aiwei ^a   Peng, Hongsheng ^a   Xu, Zheng ^a   Wang, Yongsheng ^a  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Illumination intensity; Interfacial layer; Power conversion efficiency; Small molecule organic solar cells; Solution processed

Indexed keywords

ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; INTERFACIAL LAYER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

CATHODES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84883789091     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.08.013     Document Type: Article

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