Insights into electron and hole extraction layers for upright and inverted vacuum-deposited small molecule organic solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8830, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Williams, Graeme ^a   Aziz, Hany ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Buffer; Extraction; Interfacial; Inverted; Organic photovoltaics; Organic solar cell; Phthalocyanine; Small molecule; Stability; Vacuum deposited

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; INTERFACIAL; INVERTED; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHTHALOCYANINE; SMALL MOLECULES; VACUUM-DEPOSITED;

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ENERGY GAP; EXTRACTION; MOLECULES; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; VACUUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84889057219     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2023724     Document Type: Conference Paper

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