Performance enhancement of inverted polymer solar cells with fullerene ester derivant-modified ZnO film as cathode buffer layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 126, Issue , 2014, Pages 36-41

  Li, Pandeng ^a,b   Li, Xiaofang ^a   Sun, Chunming ^b   Wang, Guojie ^b   Li, Jun ^b   Jiu, Tonggang ^b   Fang, Junfeng ^b  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Cathode buffer layer; Fullerene ester derivant; Interfacial modification; Inverted solar cells; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; ESTERIFICATION; ESTERS; FULLERENES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

CATHODE BUFFER LAYERS; INTERFACIAL MODIFICATION; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED SOLAR CELLS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTOACTIVE MATERIALS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY;

CATHODES; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84898455407     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.038     Document Type: Article

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