Semitransparent inverted polymer solar cells employing a sol-gel-derived TiO2 electron-selective layer on FTO and MoO3/Ag/MoO3 transparent electrode

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Li, Fumin ^a   Chen, Chong ^a   Tan, Furui ^a   Li, Chunxi ^a   Yue, Gentian ^a   Shen, Liang ^b   Zhang, Weifeng ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Indium tin oxide; Nanocrystalline titanium oxide; Polymer solar cell; Power conversion efficiency

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOL-GELS; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH-TEMPERATURE ANNEALING; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT TRANSMITTANCE; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM OXIDE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

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EID: 84919940867     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-579     Document Type: Article

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