ITO-free large-area organic solar cells

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Choi, Seungkeun ^a   Potscavage Jr , William J ^a   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; GLASS SUBSTRATES; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ITO ELECTRODES; LARGE AREA DEVICES; METAL GRID; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PENTACENES; POLYMER ELECTRODES; POWER-LOSSES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

ITO GLASS;

EID: 77956986909     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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