Semi-transparent small molecule organic solar cells with laminated free-standing carbon nanotube top electrodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 244-250

  Kim, Yong Hyun ^a,b   Müller Meskamp, Lars ^a,b   Zakhidov, Alexander A ^a   Sachse, Christoph ^a,b   Meiss, Jan ^a   Bikova, Julia ^c   Cook, Alexander ^c   Zakhidov, Anvar A ^c   Leo, Karl ^a,b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PHOTONIC MICROSYSTEMS   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Lamination; Organic solar cells; Orthogonal liquids; Semi transparent devices; Transparent conductive electrodes

Indexed keywords

LAMINATION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; ORTHOGONAL LIQUIDS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

ELECTRODES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LAMINATING; SOLAR CELLS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 80855144761     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.001     Document Type: Article

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