ITO-free semitransparent organic solar cells based on silver thin film electrodes

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, Zhizhe ^a   Zhang, Chunfu ^a   Chen, Dazheng ^a   Tang, Shi ^a   Zhang, Jincheng ^a   Sun, Li ^a   Heng, Ting ^a   Hao, Yue ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODES; BUTYRIC ACID; CALCIUM; CATHODES; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILVER; SOLS; TRANSPARENCY;

ACTIVE LAYER; CELL POWER; CELL-BASED; ITO FREE; METHYL ESTERS; MOO 3; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER THIN FILMS; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84904600879     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/209206     Document Type: Article

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