Characteristics of flexible indium tin oxide electrode grown by continuous roll-to-roll sputtering process for flexible organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1248-1255

  Choi, Kwang Hyuk ^a,c   Jeong, Jin A ^b   Kang, Jae Wook ^c   Kim, Do Guen ^c   Kim, Jong Kuk ^c   Na, Seok In ^d   Kim, Dong Yu ^d   Kim, Seok Soon ^e   Kim, Han Ki ^b  

^a Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Material Science   (South Korea)

^d Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^e Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrode; Indium tin oxide; Organic solar cells; PET; Roll to roll sputter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; FLOW RATIOS; GREEN REGIONS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; ITO ELECTRODES; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; OPTICAL TRANSMITTANCE; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PET; PET SUBSTRATE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROLL TO ROLL; ROLL-TO-ROLL SPUTTER; SPUTTER PROCESS; SPUTTERING PROCESS; SPUTTERING SYSTEMS; SPUTTERING TECHNIQUES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

BIOMECHANICS; CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; INDIUM; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMOPLASTICS; TIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 67349249842     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.01.015     Document Type: Article

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