Highly efficient low-bandgap polymer solar cells with solution-processed and annealing-free phosphomolybdic acid as hole-transport layers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 5367-5372

  Jia, Xu ^a   Shen, Liang ^a   Yao, Mengnan ^a   Liu, Yan ^a   Yu, Wenjuan ^a   Guo, Wenbin ^a   Ruan, Shengping ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

isopropyl alcohol; PCDTBT; phosphomolybdic acid; polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; ANODES; BUFFER LAYERS; FABRICATION; POLYMERS; THERMAL EVAPORATION; VACUUM EVAPORATION;

DEVICE FABRICATIONS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; ISOPROPYL ALCOHOLS; LOW BANDGAP POLYMERS; PCDTBT; PHOSPHOMOLYBDIC ACID; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84924546615     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508828n     Document Type: Article

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