Sulfonate poly(aryl ether sulfone)-modified PEDOT:PSS as hole transport layer and transparent electrode for high performance polymer solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1943-1952

  Xiao, Shuqin ^a   Chen, Lie ^a   Tan, Licheng ^a   Huang, Liqiang ^a   Wu, Feiyan ^a   Chen, Yiwang ^a  

^a NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ETHERS; HOLE MOBILITY; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS;

HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; HOLE TRANSPORTING LAYERS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(ARYL ETHER SULFONE); POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84949115670     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511647f     Document Type: Article

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