Large active area inverted tandem polymer solar cell with high performance via insertion of subnano-scale silver layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 728-734

  Yeh, Po Nan ^a   Jen, Tzu Hao ^a   Cheng, Yu Shan ^a   Chen, Show An ^a  

^a NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Interlayers; Low bandgap conjugated polymers; Photovoltaic devices; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Tandem polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

INTERLAYERS; LOW BAND GAP CONJUGATED POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SILVER;

EID: 84889095250     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.007     Document Type: Article

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