Interlayer adhesion in roll-to-roll processed flexible inverted polymer solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 171-175

  Dupont, Stephanie R ^a   Oliver, Mark ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^b   Dauskardt, Reinhold H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Flexible; Fracture energy; Interfaces; Polymer solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVE FAILURE; ADJACENT LAYERS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CONDUCTIVE POLYMER; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE; INTERLAYER ADHESION; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POOR ADHESION; POST DEPOSITION ANNEALING; ROLL TO ROLL; THERMO-MECHANICAL STRESS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DEPOSITION; FRACTURE; FRACTURE ENERGY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS;

ADHESION;

EID: 82955232908     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.012     Document Type: Conference Paper

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