Modular construction and deconstruction of organic solar cells

AIChE Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 3280-3288

  Mativetsky, Jeffrey M ^a,b   Loo, Yueh Lin ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Organic semiconductors; Organic solar cells; Soft contact lamination; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867231258     PISSN: 00011541     EISSN: 15475905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aic.13923     Document Type: Article

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