Solution-processed Fe3O4 magnetic nanoparticle thin film aligned by an external magnetostatic field as a hole extraction layer for polymer solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2013, Pages 10325-10330

  Wang, Kai ^a   Ren, He ^a   Yi, Chao ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Wang, Hangxing ^a,b   Huang, Lin ^c   Zhang, Haoli ^b   Karim, Alamgir ^a   Gong, Xiong ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Bruker Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

anode buffer layer; efficiency; magnetostatic field; polymer solar cell; stability

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BUFFER LAYERS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXTRACTION; IRON OXIDES; MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLES; MAGNETITE; MAGNETOSTATICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HOLE EXTRACTION LAYERS; MAGNETOSTATIC FIELD; PEDOT:PSS THIN FILMS; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

THIN FILMS;

ELECTROLYTE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FERROSOFERRIC OXIDE; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84886785115     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4033179     Document Type: Article

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