Metal salt modified PEDOT:PSS as anode buffer layer and its effect on power conversion efficiency of organic solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages 73-79

  Kadem, Burak ^a   Cranton, Wayne ^a   Hassan, Aseel ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrode modification; Metal salt treatment; Organic solar cell; P3HT:PCBM; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHIUM COMPOUNDS; METALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE MODIFICATION; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; METAL SALT; P3HT:PCBM; PEDOT:PSS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84929992923     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.05.019     Document Type: Article

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