Exploring spray-coating techniques for organic solar cell applications

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Nie, Wanyi ^a   Coffin, Robert ^a   Liu, Jiwen ^a   MacNeill, Christopher M ^a   Li, Yuan ^a   Noftle, Ronald E ^a   Carroll, David L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYRIC ACID; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS;

CELL PERFORMANCE; NOVEL PROCESSING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSING METHOD; SOLAR CELL FABRICATION; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SOLVENT INFLUENCE; SPRAY COATING; SPRAY COATING TECHNIQUES; SPRAYING PARAMETERS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84862281084     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/175610     Document Type: Article

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