Thin air-plasma-treated alkali fluoride layers for improved hole extraction in copper phthalocyanine/C70-based solar cells

Journal of Photonics for Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Xiao, Teng ^a,b,c   Cui, Weipan ^a,c   Cai, Min ^b,c   Liu, Rui ^b,c   Anderegg, James W ^b   Shinar, Joseph ^b,c   Shinar, Ruth ^a  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkali fluorides; CuPc; Hole extraction; Small molecule organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ALKALI FLUORIDES; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; CUPC; ENERGY-LEVEL ALIGNMENTS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE EXTRACTIONS; ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODES(OLEDS); SMALL-MOLECULE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXTRACTION; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORINE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84896692713     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19477988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JPE.2.021006     Document Type: Article

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