Interface investigation of the alcohol-/water-soluble conjugated polymer PFN as cathode interfacial layer in organic solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Zhong, Shu ^a   Wang, Rui ^a   Ying Mao, Hong ^a   He, Zhicai ^b   Wu, Hongbin ^b   Chen, Wei ^a   Cao, Yong ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

9 ,9-DIOCTYLFLUORENE; CATHODE INTERFACIAL LAYERS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; ITO (INDIUM-TIN OXIDE); LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL;

CATHODES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTRACTION; FERMI LEVEL; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887438721     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4821223     Document Type: Article

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