Brush painting of transparent PEDOT/Ag nanowire/PEDOT multilayer electrodes for flexible organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 15-23

  Lee, Ju Hyun ^a   Shin, Hyun Su ^a   Noh, Yong Jin ^b   Na, Seok In ^b   Kim, Han Ki ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ag nanowire; Anode; Brush painting; Flexible organic solar cells; PEDOT:PSS

Indexed keywords

AG NANOWIRES; BRUSH PAINTINGS; FLEXIBLE ELECTRODES; FLEXIBLE ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; METALLIC CONDUCTIVITY; MULTILAYER ELECTRODES; PEDOT:PSS; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE;

ANODES; BRUSHES; ELECTRODES; FABRICATION; MULTILAYERS; NANOWIRES; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84875447626     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.02.020     Document Type: Article

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