Cesium carbonate functionalized graphene quantum dots as stable electron-selective layer for improvement of inverted polymer solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 1092-1099

  Yang, Hong Bin ^a   Dong, Yong Qiang ^a   Wang, Xizu ^b   Khoo, Si Yun ^a   Liu, Bin ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

cathode buffer; cesium carbonate; graphene; polymer solar cells; quantum dots; stability

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CESIUM CARBONATES; FLEXIBLE DEVICE APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CESIUM; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ELECTRONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84892947220     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am404638e     Document Type: Article

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