Patternable polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic cells on plastic by rotogravure printing

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 459-464

  Ding, Jau M ^a   de la Fuente Vornbrock, Alejandro ^b   Ting, Ching ^a   Subramanian, Vivek ^b  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction; Polymer photovoltaic cells; Rotogravure printing

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; INK; PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; PRINTING;

ACTIVE LAYERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BUTYRIC ACIDS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; GRAVURE PRINTINGS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; INK VISCOSITIES; METHYL ESTERS; PEDOT:PSS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER BULKS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESS PARAMETERS; ROTOGRAVURE PRINTING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 60449096197     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.12.003     Document Type: Article

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