Flexible organic photovoltaics using conducting polymer electrodes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Kushto, Gary P ^a   Kim, Woohong ^a,b   Kafafi, Zakya H ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SFA INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TRANSPARENCY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PLASTIC CELLS; THERMAL CURING;

CARRIER MOBILITY; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; CURRENT DENSITY; DISPERSIONS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRODES; PHENOLS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; THERMOPLASTICS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 17044370479     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1867568     Document Type: Article

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