Large area organic solar cells with thick and transparent protection layers

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 2: Letters

Volumn 45, Issue 17-19, 2006, Pages

  Suemori, Kouji ^a   Matsumura, Yoshio ^a   Yokoyama, Masaaki ^a   Hiramoto, Masahiro ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Large area organic solar cells; Naphthalene tetracarboxylic anhydride; Organic p n heterojunction; Very thick protection layer

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LAYERED MANUFACTURING; NAPHTHALENE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ELECTRICAL SHORTING; LARGE AREA ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; NAPHTHALENE TETRACARBOXYLIC ANHYDRIDE (NTCDA); ORGANIC P-N HETEROJUNCTION; PROTECTION LAYERS; VERY THICK PROTECTION LAYER;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33745308456     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.45.L472     Document Type: Article

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