Plastic-syringe induced silicone contamination in organic photovoltaic fabrication: Implications for small-volume additives

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2831-2835

  Carr, John A ^a   Nalwa, Kanwar S ^a   Mahadevapuram, Rakesh ^a   Chen, Yuqing ^a   Anderegg, James ^b   Chaudhary, Sumit ^a  

^a Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

organic; P3HT; PDMS; photovoltaic; plastic; polymer; silicone; solar

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC; P3HT; PDMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR;

FABRICATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTICS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYRINGES;

SILICONES;

GLASS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; PLASTIC; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; TIN DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY;

GLASS; PLASTICS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICONES; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84863207978     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am3001677     Document Type: Article

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