Slot-die coating parameters of the low-viscosity bulk-heterojunction materials used for polymer solarcells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-35

  Hong, Soonil ^a   Lee, Jongjin ^a   Kang, Hongkyu ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coating parameters; Polymer solar cell; Slot die coating

Indexed keywords

[6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; AIR MASS; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK-HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); COATING PARAMETERS; COATING SPEED; CONFORMAL FILMS; CORRELATION EQUATION; DIRECT-PATTERNING; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; HIGH-THROUGHPUT; MENISCUS COATINGS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROLL TO ROLL; SLOT-DIE COATINGS; SUBSTRATE TEMPERATURE; THIN FILM FORMATION; UNIVERSAL CONTROL;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; VISCOSITY;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 84873662883     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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