Effective light trapping enhanced near-UV/blue light absorption in inverted polymer solar cells via sol-gel textured Al-doped ZnO buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 28-34

  Yu, Xuan ^a   Yu, Xiaoming ^a   Zhang, Jianjun ^a   Hu, Ziyang ^a   Zhao, Gengshen ^a   Zhao, Ying ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Al doped ZnO; Inverted polymer solar cells; Light trapping; Textured

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMERS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

AL-DOPED ZNO; CATHODE BUFFER LAYERS; ENHANCED ABSORPTION; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT-TRAPPING; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TEXTURED;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84896510277     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.032     Document Type: Article

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