Efficient, large area, and thick junction polymer solar cells with balanced mobilities and low defect densities

Advanced Energy Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Armin, Ardalan ^a   Hambsch, Mike ^a   Wolfer, Pascal ^a   Jin, Hui ^a   Li, Jun ^b   Shi, Zugui ^b   Burn, Paul L ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING   (Singapore)

Author keywords

charge carrier mobility; organic solar cells; thick organic junctions; transparent conductive electrodes

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; CONFORMAL MAPPING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECTS; EFFICIENCY; HALL MOBILITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HOLE MOBILITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMERS; SHEET METAL; SHEET RESISTANCE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES;

HIGH DEFECT DENSITIES; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; HIGH-MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYMERS; INTERMOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; POLYMERIC SEMICONDUCTORS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922374130     PISSN: 16146832     EISSN: 16146840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aenm.201401221     Document Type: Article

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