Degradation of semiconducting polymers by concentrated sunlight

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1308-1314

  Tromholt, Thomas ^a   Manceau, Matthieu ^a   Helgesen, Martin ^a   Carlé, Jon E ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Concentrated sunlight; Degradation; Organic solar cells; Semiconducting polymers; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DEGRADATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLDERED JOINTS;

ACCELERATION FACTORS; CONCENTRATED SUNLIGHTS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; DEGRADATION RATE; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; OPTICAL FIBER BUNDLE; SOLAR CONCENTRATION; UV-VIS ABSORBANCE;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 79953687076     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.022     Document Type: Article

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