Organic MEMS/NEMS-based high-efficiency 3D ITO-less flexible photovoltaic cells

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Kassegne, Sam ^a   Moon, Kee ^a   Martín Ramos, Pablo ^a,b   Majzoub, Mohammad ^a   Zturk, Gunay ^a   Desai, Krishna ^a   Parikh, Mihir ^a   Nguyen, Bao ^a   Khosla, Ajit ^c   Chamorro Posada, Pedro ^b  

^a San Diego State Univ   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^c SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3D ARCHITECTURES; ACTIVE MATERIAL; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER COLLECTION; CONDUCTIVE-TRANSPARENT POLYMERS; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; ITO (INDIUM-TIN OXIDE); LIGHT ABSORBING SURFACES; METHYL ESTERS; NANO-ELECTROMECHANICAL; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PEDOT:PSS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; ROLL TO ROLL; SUBMICRON;

ARCHITECTURE; ASPECT RATIO; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 84867951526     PISSN: 09601317     EISSN: 13616439     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0960-1317/22/11/115015     Document Type: Article

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