Mechanical flexibility of transparent PEDOT:PSS electrodes prepared by gravure printing for flexible organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3269-3275

  Cho, Chung Ki ^a   Hwang, Woo Jin ^b   Eun, Kyoungtae ^b   Choa, Sung Hoon ^b   Na, Seok In ^c   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

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

Author keywords

Bending test; Flexibility; Gravure printing; Organic solar cells; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

BENDING RADIUS; FLEXIBILITY; GRAVURE PRINTING; HIGH-SHEET-RESISTANCE; ITO ELECTRODES; MECHANICAL FLEXIBILITY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; PET SUBSTRATE; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RESISTANCE CHANGE; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

BENDING TESTS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; GRAPHIC METHODS; OFFSET PRINTING; SHEET RESISTANCE; SOLAR CELLS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 80053614660     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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