High-efficiency inverted polymer solar cells via dual effects of introducing the high boiling point solvent and the high conductive PEDOT:PSS layer

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2059-2067

  Kumar, Vikas ^a   Wang, Heming ^a   Rodenburg, Cornelia ^b  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Inverted structures; P3HT:PCBM; Plasmonic; Polymer photovoltaic devices

Indexed keywords

BOILING POINT; BUTYRIC ACID; EFFICIENCY; GOLD; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

INVERTED DEVICE STRUCTURES; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; P3HT:PCBM; PLASMONIC; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84903597941     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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