Spray-coated silver nanowires as top electrode layer in semitransparent P3HT:PCBM-based organic solar cell devices

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1711-1717

  Krantz, Johannes ^a   Stubhan, Tobias ^a   Richter, Moses ^a   Spallek, Stefanie ^b   Litzov, Ivan ^a   Matt, Gebhard J ^a   Spiecker, Erdmann ^b   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Centre for Nanoanalysis and Electron Microscopy (CENEM)   (Germany)

^c BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

electrodes; organic electronics; semitransparent photovoltaic devices; silver nanowires; spray deposition

Indexed keywords

[6 ,6]-PHENYL-C61-BUTYRIC ACID METHYL ESTERS; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); SEMI-TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; SEMI-TRANSPARENT PHOTOVOLTAIC; SILVER NANOWIRES; SPRAY DEPOSITION;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILVER; TIN OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875859553     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201202523     Document Type: Article

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