Synergistic effects of buffer layer processing additives for enhanced hole carrier selectivity in inverted Organic Photovoltaics

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3123-3130

  Savva, Achilleas ^a   Neophytou, Marios ^a   Koutsides, Charalambos ^a   Kalli, Kyriacos ^a   Choulis, Stelios A ^a  

^a CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Interfaces; Inverted organic solar cells; PEDOT:PSS buffer layers; Printed electronics; Processing additives; Solution based electronic materials

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

ELECTRONIC MATERIALS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; SELECTIVE CONTACTS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84885958144     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.07.024     Document Type: Article

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