Stabilization mechanisms of aluminum-titanium bilayer cathodes in organic solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Cao, Huanqi ^a   Tanaka, Masaki ^a   Ishikawa, Ken ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATHODES; MORPHOLOGY; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; STABILIZATION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TITANIUM;

ALUMINUM TITANIUMS; BI-LAYER; CELL STRUCTURE; ELEMENTAL DEPTH PROFILES; OXYGEN SCAVENGING; SHELF LIFE; STABILIZATION MECHANISMS; TIME OF FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84885638993     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4824209     Document Type: Article

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