Polymer selection toward efficient polymer/PbSe planar heterojunction hybrid solar cells

Organic Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-271

  Sun, Yaxiang ^a   Liu, Zeke ^a   Yuan, Jianyu ^a   Chen, Jianmei ^a   Zhou, Yu ^a   Huang, Xiaodong ^a   Ma, Wanli ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRICAL FIELD; EXCITON RECOMBINATION; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACIAL MORPHOLOGIES; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS;

NITROGEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930939159     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2015.06.010     Document Type: Article

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