Preparation and characterization of MoO3 hole-injection layer for organic solar cell fabrication and optimization

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 120, Issue PART B, 2014, Pages 603-609

  Wang, Guojie ^a,b   Jiu, Tonggang ^a   Li, Pandeng ^a   Li, Jun ^a   Sun, Chunming ^a   Lu, Fushen ^b   Fang, Junfeng ^a  

^a NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

^b SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Characterization; Hole injection layer; MoO3; Organic photovoltaics; Solution processed

Indexed keywords

HOLE-INJECTION LAYERS; MOO3; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; STRUCTURAL , ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SURFACE MICROSTRUCTURES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHARACTERIZATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THIN FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84889102452     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.002     Document Type: Article

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