Factors to be considered in bulk heterojunction polymer solar cells fabricated by the spray process

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1838-1846

  Yu, Byung Kwan ^a   Vak, Doojin ^b   Jo, Jang ^c   Na, Seok In ^a,d   Kim, Seok Soon ^e   Kim, Mi Kyoung ^a   Kim, Dong Yu ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^e Kunsan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Photovoltaic cells; polymer solar cells (PSCs); spray process

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COMPATIBLE PROCESS; COST PRODUCTION; DEVICE FABRICATIONS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DROPLET SIZES; DRYING TIME; FILM TOPOGRAPHY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; ONE STEP; OPERATING CONDITION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS (PSCS); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRODUCTION SPEED; ROLL TO ROLL; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED POLYMER; SPRAY PROCESS; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DROP FORMATION; FABRICATION; FLIGHT DYNAMICS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; THROUGHPUT; TOPOGRAPHY;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 78650055355     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2042282     Document Type: Article

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