Flexible solar cells based on copper phthalocyanine and buckminsterfullerene

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1059-1063

  T Luong, Thu Thuy ^a   Chen, Zhenxing ^a   Zhu, Hongwei ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bend; Copper phthalocyanine; Flexible substrate; Fullerene; Photovoltaic property; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BUCKMINSTERFULLERENES; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HETEROJUNCTION CELLS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LOW SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; MICRO GRAINS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PLANAR-MIXED MOLECULAR HETEROJUNCTIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SUBSTRATE SURFACE; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; TRANSPORT CHARGES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; ITO GLASS; MOLECULAR ORIENTATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOPLASTICS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 77950863709     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.02.023     Document Type: Article

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