Enhanced efficiency in organic solar cells via in situ fabricated p-type copper sulfide as the hole transporting layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 128, Issue , 2014, Pages 77-84

  Lei, Hongwei ^a   Fang, Guojia ^a   Cheng, Fei ^a   Ke, Weijun ^a   Qin, Pingli ^a   Song, Zengcai ^a   Zheng, Qiao ^a   Fan, Xi ^a   Huang, Huihui ^a   Zhao, Xingzhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CuS; Hole transporting; in situ fabricated; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COPPER; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FABRICATION; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS;

CUS; HOLE TRANSPORTING; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; [6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

EID: 84901949562     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.05.021     Document Type: Article

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