Quality control of roll-to-roll processed polymer solar modules by complementary imaging methods

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 176-180

  Rösch, Roland ^a   Krebs, Frederik C ^b   Tanenbaum, David M ^b,c   Hoppe, Harald ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c POMONA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Lock in thermography; Luminescence imaging; Organic photovoltaic; Polymer solar module; Quality control; Roll to roll processing

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEPOSITION PROCESS; HIGH RESOLUTION IMAGE; IMAGING METHOD; LOCKIN THERMOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE IMAGING; OPTICAL IMAGING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ROLL TO ROLL; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESSING; SOLAR MODULE; SOLUTION PROCESSED POLYMERS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; POLYMERS; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMOGRAPHY (TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT);

THERMOGRAPHY (IMAGING);

EID: 82955232911     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.10.005     Document Type: Conference Paper

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