Inverted organic photovoltaic device with a new electron transport layer

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Hyeong Pil ^a   Yusoff, Abd Rashid bin Mohd ^a   Kim, Hyo Min ^a   Lee, Hee Jae ^a   Seo, Gi Jun ^a   Jang, Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blend ratio; Electron transport layer; Lithium; Organic photovoltaic; Solution processed; Stability; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LITHIUM; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ZINC OXIDE;

BLEND RATIOS; DOPED ZINC OXIDES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; FILL FACTOR; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84928382106     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-150     Document Type: Article

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