All polymer photovoltaics: From small inverted devices to large roll-to-roll coated and printed solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 112, Issue , 2013, Pages 157-162

  Liu, Yao ^a,b   Larsen Olsen, Thue T ^b   Zhao, Xingang ^a   Andreasen, Birgitta ^b   Søndergaard, Roar R ^b   Helgesen, Martin ^b   Norrman, Kion ^b   Jørgensen, Mikkel ^b   Krebs, Frederik C ^b   Zhan, Xiaowei ^a,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

All polymer solar cells; Inverted geometry; Roll to roll process

Indexed keywords

ALL-POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; CHLORONAPHTHALENES; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DITHIENOSILOLE; INVERTED DEVICES; LARGE AREA MODULE; PERYLENEDIIMIDES; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROLL TO ROLL; ROLL-TO-ROLL PROCESS; SMALL AREA; SOLUTION PROCESSIBILITY; SOLVENT ADDITIVES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GEOMETRY; PHASE SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS;

PLASTIC COATINGS;

EID: 84873891345     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.025     Document Type: Article

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