TiOx/Al bilayer as cathode buffer layer for inverted organic solar cell

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 17, 2013, Pages

  Chang, Jingjing ^a   Ming Kam, Zhi ^a   Lin, Zhenhua ^a   Zhu, Chunxiang ^a   Zhang, Jie ^b   Wu, Jishan ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN VOLTAGE; CATHODE BUFFER LAYERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRON EXTRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT SOAKING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ALUMINUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887075163     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4826562     Document Type: Article

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