Photovoltaic characteristics of polymer solar cells fabricated by pre-metered coating process

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 13830-13840

  Park, Byoungchoo ^a   Han, Mi Young ^a  

^a Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HORIZONTAL DIPPING; METHANOFULLERENES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS);

SOLAR CELLS;

POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 68349127245     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.013830     Document Type: Article

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