Improved charge transport in inverted polymer solar cells using surface engineered ZnO-nanorod array as an electron transport layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 239-247

  Sung, Yun Ming ^a   Hsu, Fang Chi ^b   Chen, Yang Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Admittance spectroscopy; Inverted polymer solar cell; Surface modification; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLECULES; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

ADMITTANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; BALANCED CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER-BASED SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84897450466     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.014     Document Type: Article

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