High throughput testing platform for organic solar cells

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 561-576

  Riede, Moritz K ^a,b,c   Sylvester Hvid, Kristian O ^a   Glatthaar, Markus ^a,b   Keegan, Nicholas ^b   Ziegler, Tobias ^b   Zimmermann, Birger ^a   Niggemann, Michael ^a,b   Liehr, Andreas W ^a   Willeke, Gerhard ^b   Gombert, Andreas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comparative testing; Electronic laboratory notebook; Measurement automation; Organic solar cell; P3HT; PCBM; Reproducibility; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT TESTING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; THROUGHPUT; VACUUM DEPOSITION;

COMPARATIVE TESTING; ELECTRONIC LABORATORY NOTEBOOK; MEASUREMENT AUTOMATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT; PCBM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 55649124174     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.836     Document Type: Article

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