Solution-processed MoO3:PEDOT:PSS hybrid hole transporting layer for inverted polymer solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 7170-7179

  Wang, Yiling ^a,b   Luo, Qun ^a   Wu, Na ^a   Wang, Qiankun ^c   Zhu, Hongfei ^a   Chen, Liwei ^a   Li, Yan Qing ^c   Luo, Liqiang ^b   Ma, Chang Qi ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hole transporting layer; Improved wettability and film forming ability; Inverted organic solar cell; MoO3:PEDOT:PSS hybrid; Stability; Thickness dependence

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MIXING; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; SURFACE TREATMENT; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

FILM-FORMING ABILITIES; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84926666633     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am509049t     Document Type: Article

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