Design and applications of polymer solar cells with lifetimes longer than 10000 hours

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5938, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-11

  Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Lifetime improvement; Long lifetimes; Organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

GLASS TRANSITION; MIXTURES; MULTILAYERS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

LONG LIFETIMES; OPERATIONAL TEMPERATURE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 31744442957     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.613641     Document Type: Conference Paper

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