A correlation study between barrier film performance and shelf lifetime of encapsulated organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 101, Issue , 2012, Pages 140-146

  Kim, Namsu ^a,b   Potscavage Jr , William J ^a,c   Sundaramoothi, Annapoorani ^a,d   Henderson, Clifford ^a,d   Kippelen, Bernard ^a,c   Graham, Samuel ^a,b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Ca test; Encapsulation; Multilayer; Organic devices; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BARRIER FILMS; BARRIER PERFORMANCE; CORRELATION STUDIES; EFFECTIVE TRANSMISSION RATE; MULTILAYER BARRIER FILMS; ORGANIC DEVICES; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PARYLENES; PENTACENES; STEADY-STATE TRANSPORT; WATER VAPOR TRANSMISSION RATE;

ENCAPSULATION; FILM PREPARATION; MULTILAYERS; SILICON NITRIDE; SOLAR CELLS; VAPORS;

MULTILAYER FILMS;

EID: 84858715196     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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