Adhesion properties of inverted polymer solarcells: Processing and film structure parameters

Organic Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1262-1270

  Dupont, Stephanie R ^a   Voroshazi, Eszter ^b,c   Heremans, Paul ^b,c   Dauskardt, Reinhold H ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adhesion and delamination in thin film structures; P3HT:PCBM inverted polymer solar cells; Processing parameters; Reliability

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DELAMINATION; GLASS; METALS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTIC COATINGS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; RELIABILITY; SPIN GLASS; SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EVAPORATION;

ADHESION PROPERTIES; FLEXIBLE SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; THERMAL EVAPORATION PROCESS; THIN-FILM STRUCTURE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875281370     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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