Influence of the ionic functionalities of polyfluorene derivatives as a cathode interfacial layer on inverted polymer solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6227-6236

  Kang, Rira ^a   Oh, Seung Hwan ^c   Kim, Dong Yu ^a,b  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

conjugated polyelectrolytes; dipole layer; interfacial layer; inverted polymer solar cells; polyfluorene; work function modification

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; CHAINS; EXTRACTION; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

CONJUGATED POLYELECTROLYTES; DIPOLE LAYER; INTERFACIAL LAYER; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYFLUORENES; WORK-FUNCTION MODIFICATION;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS;

EID: 84900870200     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500708k     Document Type: Conference Paper

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