Efficient zinc phthalocyanine/C60 heterojunction photovoltaic devices employing tetracene anode interfacial layers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 7254-7259

  Fleetham, Tyler B ^a   Mudrick, John P ^b   Cao, Weiran ^b   Klimes, Kody ^a   Xue, Jiangeng ^b   Li, Jian ^a  

^a AZ 85281   (United States)

^b University of Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

exciton blocker; morphology; organic photovoltaics; planar mixed heterojunction; small molecule

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; EXCITONS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; MORPHOLOGY; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EXCITON DIFFUSION LENGTH; HETEROJUNCTION DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SMALL MOLECULES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84901660814     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am500472m     Document Type: Article

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