Annealing-free solution-processed tungsten oxide for inverted organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 122, Issue , 2014, Pages 251-256

  Guillain, Frédéric ^a,b   Tsikritzis, Dimitris ^c   Skoulatakis, George ^c   Kennou, Stella ^c   Wantz, Guillaume ^a,b   Vignau, Laurence ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ BORDEAUX 1   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anode buffer layer; Inverted structure; Organic photovoltaic; Sol gel; Solution processing; WO 3

Indexed keywords

ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; WO 3;

OXIDES; POWER SUPPLY CIRCUITS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUBSTRATES; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SYSTEMS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84891796601     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.12.011     Document Type: Article

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