A new approach to the solvent system for inkjet-printed P3HT:PCBM solar cells and its use in devices with printed passive and active layers

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1816-1821

  Lange, Alexander ^a   Wegener, Michael ^a   Boeffel, Christine ^a   Fischer, Bert ^a   Wedel, Armin ^a   Neher, Dieter ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF POTSDAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inkjet; OPV; Organic photovoltaics; P3HT; PCBM

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMPONENTS; ACTIVE LAYER; CHLORINATED SOLVENT; INKJET PRINT HEADS; NEW APPROACHES; NOZZLE CLOGGING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PATTERNED STRUCTURE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLVENT SYSTEM; TRICHLOROBENZENE;

BOILING POINT; COATED MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INK; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PRINTING; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLVENTS;

EID: 77955418156     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.054     Document Type: Article

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