The effects of Ta2O5-ZnO films as cathodic buffer layers in inverted polymer solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry A

Volumn 2, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 9361-9370

  Lan, Jo Lin ^a   Cherng, Sheng Jye ^a   Yang, Yi Hsun ^a   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Subramaniyan, Selvam ^b   Ohuchi, Fumio S ^a   Jenekhe, Samson A ^b   Cao, Guozhong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOL-GEL PROCESSING; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

TANTALUM OXIDES;

EID: 84901460503     PISSN: 20507488     EISSN: 20507496     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ta01350f     Document Type: Article

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