The impact of water vapor transmission rate on the lifetime of flexible polymer solar cells

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Hauch, Jens A ^a   Schilinsky, Pavel ^a   Choulis, Stelios A ^b   Rajoelson, Sambatra ^a   Brabec, Christoph J ^a  

^a Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^b CYPRUS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; METEOROLOGY; MOISTURE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; VAPORS;

ACCELERATED LIFETIME TESTING; BUTYRIC ACIDS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 51749083229     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2975185     Document Type: Article

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