A futuristic approach towards interface layer modifications for improved efficiency in inverted organic solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Tiwari, J P ^a   Pillai, Sriraj ^a,b   Parakh, Sonal ^a,b   Ali, Farman ^a   Sharma, Abhishek ^a   Chand, Suresh ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b DELHI TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; CATHODES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

INDIUM TIN OXIDE SUBSTRATES; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING; INORGANIC/ORGANIC INTERFACES; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLY(DIALLYLDIMETHYLAMMONIUM CHLORIDE); POLYELECTROLYTE NANOCOMPOSITE; WORK FUNCTION MODIFICATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84919418898     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4863434     Document Type: Article

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