Flexible polymer photovoltaic devices prepared with inverted structures on metal foils

IEEE Electron Device Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 727-729

  Chen, Fang Chung ^a   Wu, Jyh Lih ^a   Lee, Chia Ling ^a   Huang, Wen Che ^a   Chen, Huang Ming Philips ^a   Chen, Wen Chang ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Energy resources; Flexible structures; Photovoltaic cells; Polymers

Indexed keywords

AIR STABILITY; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEVICE RESISTANCE; FLEXIBLE DEVICE; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; INVERTED DEVICES; INVERTED STRUCTURE; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY RESOURCES; FLEXIBLE STRUCTURES; METAL FOIL; MOLYBDENUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; STAINLESS STEEL; TIN;

STRUCTURAL METALS;

EID: 67650468325     PISSN: 07413106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LED.2009.2022345     Document Type: Article

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