Insights on the working principles of flexible and efficient ITO-free organic solar cells based on solution processed Ag nanowire electrodes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 148-152

  Ajuria, Jon ^a   Ugarte, Irati ^a   Cambarau, Werther ^a   Etxebarria, Ikerne ^a   Tena Zaera, Ramón ^b   Pacios, Roberto ^a  

^a IK4 IKERLAN   (Spain)

^b Centro de Investigacion Tecnologica En Electroquimica   (Spain)

Author keywords

Flexible; Inverted; ITO free; Organic solar cells; Silver nanowires; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

FLEXIBLE; INVERTED; ITO-FREE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; SILVER NANOWIRES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

SILVER;

EID: 84861093863     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.03.009     Document Type: Article

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