Airbrush spray-coating of polymer bulk-heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1775-1778

  Susanna, Gianpaolo ^a   Salamandra, Luigi ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a   Brunetti, Francesca ^a   Reale, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Airbrush; Bulk heterojunction solar cells; Polymer solar cells; Spray coating

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; AIRBRUSH; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; COSOLVENT MIXTURES; DUAL ACTION; G-CONDITION; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; LOW COSTS; METHYL ESTERS; NITROGEN ATMOSPHERES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER BULK; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SPRAY SYSTEMS; SPRAY-COATING; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE;

BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 79955476894     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.01.047     Document Type: Article

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