Solution-processed highly conductive pedot:pss/AgNE/GO transparent film for efficient organic-Si hybrid solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 3272-3279

  Xu, Qiaojing ^a   Song, Tao ^a   Cui, Wei ^a   Liu, Yuqiang ^a   Xu, Weidong ^a   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a   Sun, Baoquan ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene oxide; hybrid silicon solar cell; silver nanowires; solution processed; transparent conductive electrode

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; LOW TEMPERATURE PRODUCTION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STYRENE; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; VACUUM EVAPORATION; WELDING ELECTRODES;

3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE ELECTRODES; VACUUM EVAPORATION METHOD;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84922792181     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508006q     Document Type: Article

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