Airbrush spray coating of amorphous titanium dioxide for inverted polymer solar cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  La Notte, Luca ^a   Salamandra, Luigi ^a   Zampetti, Andrea ^a   Brunetti, Francesca ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a   Reale, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS FILMS; GLASS; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PLASTIC BOTTLES; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; INTERFACIAL LAYER; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; LOW-COSTS; MANUFACTURING IS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; SIMPLE++; SOLUTION-BASED PROCESS; SPRAY COATING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84871845832     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/897595     Document Type: Article

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