Toward mechanically robust and intrinsically stretchable organic solar cells: Evolution of photovoltaic properties with tensile strain

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 107, Issue , 2012, Pages 355-365

  Lipomi, Darren J ^a   Chong, Halbert ^b   Vosgueritchian, Michael ^a   Mei, Jianguo ^a   Bao, Zhenan ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b Foothill College   (United States)

Author keywords

bulk heterojunction; mechanical properties; organic photovoltaics; P3HT; stretchable electronics; stretchable solar cells

Indexed keywords

ADHESION LAYER; ATOMIC FORCE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CYCLIC APPLICATIONS; DONOR-ACCEPTOR POLYMERS; GALLIUM OXIDES; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; METHYL ESTERS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; P3HT; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS; STRETCHABLE ELECTRONICS; THIENOTHIOPHENES; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

BLENDING; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CRACKS; ELASTIC MODULI; FRACTURE MECHANICS; GALLIUM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROCHANNELS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER FILMS; THIOPHENE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84867572056     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.07.013     Document Type: Article

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