ITO interface modifiers can improve v OC in polymer solar cells and suppress surface recombination

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 4038-4044

  Knesting, Kristina M ^a   Ju, Huanxin ^a,d   Schlenker, Cody W ^a   Giordano, Anthony J ^b   Garcia, Andres ^c   Smith, O'Neil L ^b   Olson, Dana C ^c   Marder, Seth R ^b   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

charge carrier recombination; light emitting diodes; OPVs; transparent conductive oxides

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE-CARRIER RECOMBINATION; HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACES; OPVS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE DECAY; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EXTRACTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WORK FUNCTION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84890411070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4021525     Document Type: Article

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