Interface modification of organic photovoltaics by combining molybdenum oxide (MoOx) and molecular template layer

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 574, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-151

  Duan, Haichao ^a   Yang, Junliang ^a   Fu, Lin ^a   Xiong, Jian ^a   Yang, Bingchu ^a   Ouyang, Jun ^a   Zhou, Conghua ^a   Huang, Han ^a   Gao, Yongli ^a,b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Interface; Molecular template layer; Molybdenum oxide; Organic photovoltaics; Planar heterojunction

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; FILM GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; INTERFACE STATES; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLECULAR OXYGEN; MOLYBDENUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN VACANCIES; THIN FILMS;

HETEROJUNCTION PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; INTERFACE MODIFICATION; MOLECULAR ARRANGEMENTS; MOLECULAR TEMPLATE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

MOLYBDENUM OXIDE;

EID: 84921318564     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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