Thermo-cleavable solvents for printing conjugated polymers: Application in polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 413-421

  Jørgensen, Mikkel ^a   Hagemann, Ole ^a   Alstrup, Jan ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

P3CT; P3MHOCT; Photovoltaics; Polymer solar cells; Production; Screen printing; Thermo cleavable solvents; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; PRODUCTION; SCREEN PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENTS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

HIGH-TEMPERATURE NMR; LARGE SCALE PRODUCTIONS; P3CT; P3MHOCT; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PRINTING TECHNOLOGIES; SCREEN-PRINTED SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 60449119708     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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