Deposition of hole-transport materials in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells by doctor-blading

Organic Electronics

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1217-1222

  Ding, I Kang ^a   Melas Kyriazi, John ^a   Cevey Ha, Ngoc Le ^b   Chittibabu, Kethinni G ^c   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   McGehee, Michael D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c KONARKA TECHNOLOGIES INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Organic semiconductors; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; HOLE MOBILITY; PHOTOCONDUCTING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN COATING; THICK FILMS;

AVERAGE POWER; FILLING FRACTIONS; HOLE TRANSPORT MATERIALS; LARGE-AREA COATING; PORE FILLING; ROLL TO ROLL; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION-PROCESSING;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78149466371     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2010.04.019     Document Type: Article

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