Solution-processed copper iodide as an inexpensive and effective anode buffer layer for polymer solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16806-16812

  Sun, Weihai ^a   Peng, Haitao ^b   Li, Yunlong ^a   Yan, Weibo ^a   Liu, Zhiwei ^a   Bian, Zuqiang ^a   Huang, Chunhui ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; SOLAR CELLS;

ANNEAL TREATMENTS; ANODE BUFFER LAYERS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTION TIME; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

ELECTRODES;

EID: 84905486171     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412784q     Document Type: Article

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