ITO free MoO3/Au/MoO3 structures using Al2O3 as protective barrier between MoO3 and PEDOT: PSS in organic solar cells

Renewable Energy

Volumn 71, Issue , 2014, Pages 193-199

  Maniruzzaman, Md ^a   Rahman, Mohammad Arifur ^b   Jeong, Kyunghoon ^a   Nam, Ho seok ^a   Lee, Jaegab ^a  

^a Kookmin University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

ITO free; Multilayer; Organic solar cell

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; MULTILAYERS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS;

ITO-FREE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROTECTIVE BARRIER; WATER-DISPERSED;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FILM; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TRANSMITTANCE; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84902104600     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2014.05.040     Document Type: Article

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