ITO-free photovoltaic cell utilizing a high-resolution silver grid current collecting layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 113, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-89

  Li, Yaowen ^a,b   Mao, Lin ^a   Gao, Yulong ^a   Zhang, Pan ^b   Li, Chao ^b   Ma, Changqi ^a   Tu, Yingfeng ^b   Cui, Zheng ^a   Chen, Liwei ^a  

^a SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Current collecting layer; Embedded silver grid; Flexible organic photovoltaic cell; ITO free

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMBEDDED SILVER GRID; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; ITO-FREE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

SILVER;

EID: 84874843828     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.01.043     Document Type: Article

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