Patternable brush painting process for fabrication of flexible polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 3041-3046

  Heo, Soo Won ^a   Lee, Jang Yong ^a   Song, Ho Jun ^a   Ku, Ja Ram ^a   Moon, Doo Kyung ^a  

^a Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Flexible polymer solar cells (FPSCs); Patternable brush painting; Repositionable adhesive

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRONIC DEVICE; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; HOLE TRANSPORTING; LARGE AREA DEVICES; LARGE-AREA SOLAR CELLS; PAINTING METHODS; PATTERNABLE BRUSH PAINTING; PATTERNING METHODS; PATTERNING PROCESS; PLASTIC SUBSTRATES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REPOSITIONABLE ADHESIVE; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES; SOLUTION PROCESS; SPIN-COATING METHOD; STRUCTURED POLYMERS;

BRUSHES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

POLYMERS;

EID: 80051549728     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.06.029     Document Type: Article

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