MoS2 Quantum Dots with a Tunable Work Function for High-Performance Organic Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 26916-26923

  Xing, Wang ^a   Chen, Yusheng ^a   Wang, Xinlong ^a   Lv, Lei ^a   Ouyang, Xinhua ^b   Ge, Ziyi ^b   Huang, Hui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

hole extraction layer; MoS2 quantum dots; organic solar cells; pinhole free; tunable work function; UV ozone treatment

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; EXTRACTION; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; OZONE; SOLAR CELLS; WORK FUNCTION;

HIGHEST OCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; HOLE EXTRACTION LAYERS; OPTOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PINHOLE FREE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; STABILITY OF SOLAR CELLS; UV-OZONE TREATMENT;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84991289804     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06081     Document Type: Article

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