Environmental and economic assessment of ITO-free electrodes for organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 97, Issue , 2012, Pages 14-21

  Emmott, Christopher J M ^a   Urbina, Antonio ^a,b   Nelson, Jenny ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CARTAGENA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Economic analysis; ITO free; Life cycle analysis; Organic photovoltaics; Polymer solar cells; Transparent conductors

Indexed keywords

ITO-FREE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COST ACCOUNTING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 82955233691     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.09.024     Document Type: Conference Paper

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