An Easily Accessible Cathode Buffer Layer for Achieving Multiple High Performance Polymer Photovoltaic Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 49, 2015, Pages 27322-27329

  Zhao, Wenchao ^a   Ye, Long ^b   Zhang, Shaoqing ^b   Yao, Huifeng ^b   Sun, Mingliang ^a   Hou, Jianhui ^b  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUFFER LAYERS; CATHODES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMER BLENDS;

CATHODE BUFFER LAYERS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; HIGH PERFORMANCE POLYMER; HIGH TRANSMITTANCE; INVERTED PHOTOVOLTAIC; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949575683     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09575     Document Type: Article

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