Improvement in the lifetime of planar organic photovoltaic cells through the introduction of MoO3 into their cathode buffer layers

Electronics (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-131

  Cattin, Linda ^a   Morsli, Mustapha ^a   Bernède, Jean Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Air contamination; Cathode buffer layer; Lifetime; Molybdenum oxide; Planar organic photovoltaic cells; Work function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84929153993     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20799292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/electronics3010122     Document Type: Article

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