Efficiency improvement of a nanostructured polymer solar cell employing atomic layer deposited Al2O3 as a passivation layer

Microelectronic Engineering

Volumn 119, Issue , 2014, Pages 6-10

  Pudasaini, Pushpa Raj ^a   Sharma, Manisha ^a   Ruiz Zepeda, Francisco ^a   Ayon, Arturo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Antireflection coating; Conductive polymer; Heterojucntion; Hybrid solar cells; Passivation layer

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; ELECTROLESS CHEMICAL ETCHING; HETEROJUCNTION; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE PASSIVATION LAYERS; PASSIVATION LAYER; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; NANOSTRUCTURED POLYMERS;

ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS; COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SOLAR CELLS;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; ANTIREFLECTION COATINGS;

EID: 84896848526     PISSN: 01679317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mee.2014.01.015     Document Type: Article

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