Improving the stability of bulk heterojunction solar cells by incorporating pH-neutral PEDOT:PSS as the hole transport layer

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 5122-5129

  Meng, Yanhong ^a   Hu, Zhanhao ^a   Ai, Na ^a   Jiang, Zhixiong ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Peng, Junbiao ^a   Cao, Yong ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

hole transport layer; indium diffusion; PEDOT:PSS; polymer solar cell; stability; surface treatment

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; INDIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TIN OXIDES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; PEDOT:PSS; POLY(3 ,4ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE): POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84898484665     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500336s     Document Type: Article

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