Power from plastic

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Moulé, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fullerene; Photovoltaic; Polymer; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; COSTS; FOSSIL FUELS; FULLERENES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBSTRATES; TEMPERATURE;

FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FREIGHT CONTAINERS; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC (OPV); PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLUTION PROCESSABLE;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78049285730     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2010.06.003     Document Type: Review

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