Doping effect of electron transport layer on nanoscale phase separation and charge transport in bulk heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 24692-24699

  Shin, Kyung Sik ^a   Park, Hye Jeong ^a   Yoon, Gyu Cheol ^a   Jeong, Soon Wook ^b   Kumar, Brijesh ^a   Kim, Sang Woo ^a,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETTER PERFORMANCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO-SCALE PHASE SEPARATION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZNO INTERLAYERS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FABRICATION; GALLIUM; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 84889598200     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp407017z     Document Type: Article

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