From evaporation to solution processed organic tandem solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6197, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Prall, H J ^a   Koeppe, R ^a   Autengruber, R ^a   Egginger, M ^a   Dennler, G ^a   Sariciftci, N S ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Conjugated polymers; Fullerenes; Organic solar cells; Small molecules; Stacked cells; Tandem cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FULLERENES; LIGHTING; MATERIALS SCIENCE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; ZINC;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SMALL MOLECULES; STACKED CELLS; TANDEM CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33747714634     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.662589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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