High yield fabrication of vertical interdigital electrodes with sub micrometer distance and their application in an organic photovoltaic device

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 535-541

  Stelzl, F ^a,b   Schulz Gericke, J ^b   Niggemann, M ^c   Wurfel U ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^c Eight19 Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell; Electrodes; Nanostructured; Organic; Solar; Vertical

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; BUTYRIC ACID; CELLS; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; MICROMETERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

INTERDIGITAL ELECTRODE; NANO-STRUCTURED; ORGANIC; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SOLAR; SOLAR POWER CONVERSION; SURFACE RELIEF GRATINGS; VERTICAL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84872117336     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.11.022     Document Type: Article

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