Interface control of semiconducting metal oxide layers for efficient and stable inverted polymer solar cells with open-circuit voltages over 1.0 Volt

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9015-9025

  Yin, Zhigang ^a   Zheng, Qingdong ^a   Chen, Shan Ci ^a   Cai, Dongdong ^a  

^a FUJIAN INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH ON THE STRUCTURE OF MATTER   (China)

Author keywords

device stability; high open circuit voltages; interface engineering; inverted polymer solar cells; metal oxides

Indexed keywords

DEVICE STABILITY; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR MATERIALS; INTERFACE ENGINEERING; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; METAL OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMI-CONDUCTING METAL OXIDES;

BUFFER LAYERS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; METAL; OXIDE; POLYMER; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRODES; FULLERENES; METALS; OXIDES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN COMPOUNDS; TRANSISTORS, ELECTRONIC;

EID: 84885084321     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am402175m     Document Type: Article

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