Organic photovoltaic modules fabricated by an industrial gravure printing proofer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 47-55

  Yang, Junliang ^a,b,c   Vak, Doojin ^b   Clark, Noel ^b   Subbiah, Jegadesan ^a   Wong, Wallace W H ^a   Jones, David J ^a   Watkins, Scott E ^b   Wilson, Gerry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Gravure printing; Industrial printer; Inks; Modules; Organic photovoltaics; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

GRAVURE PRINTING; INDUSTRIAL PRINTERS; MODULES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INDUSTRY; INK; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PRINTING PRESSES; SOLAR CELLS; STYRENE; SUBSTRATES; THIOPHENE; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

OFFSET PRINTING;

EID: 84868709240     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.10.018     Document Type: Article

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