A patent landscape analysis for organic photovoltaic solar cells: Identifying the technology's development phase

Renewable Energy

Volumn 57, Issue , 2013, Pages 5-11

  Lizin, Sebastien ^a   Leroy, Julie ^b   Delvenne, Catherine ^c   Dijk, Marc ^d   De Schepper, Ellen ^a   Van Passel, Steven ^a  

^a HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Agoria   (Belgium)

^c Cide Socran   (Belgium)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Devices; Encapsulation; OPV; Patent analysis; Substrates; Technology monitoring

Indexed keywords

ASIAN CONTINENT; DEVELOPMENT PHASE; DEVICES; EXPONENTIAL GROWTH; INTERNATIONAL PATENTS; LANDSCAPE ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE MODEL; MAIN GROUP; OPV; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PATENT ANALYSIS; PATENTING ACTIVITIES; POINT OF VIEWS; PRIVATE COMPANIES; RESEARCH FIELDS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY MONITORING;

ENCAPSULATION; INDUSTRY; RESEARCH; SUBSTRATES; TECHNOLOGY;

PATENTS AND INVENTIONS;

ENCAPSULATION; FUEL CELL; LANDSCAPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RESEARCH WORK; SUBSTRATE; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873901147     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.01.027     Document Type: Article

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