ITO-free flexible organic solar cells with printed current collecting grids

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1339-1343

  Galagan, Yulia ^a   J m Rubingh, Jan Eric ^a   Andriessen, Ronn ^a   Fan, Chia Chen ^a   W m Blom, Paul ^a   Veenstra, Sjoerd C ^b   Kroon, Jan M ^b  

^a HOLST CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Current collecting grid; High conductive PEDOT:PSS; ITO free; Organic photovoltaics; Organic solar cells; Printed anode

Indexed keywords

CURRENT COLLECTING GRID; HIGH CONDUCTIVE PEDOT:PSS; ITO-FREE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PRINTED ANODE;

ANODES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 79953699622     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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