Anatase colloidal solutions suitable for inkjet printing: Enhancing lifetime of hybrid organic solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-33

  Karpinski, Arkadiusz ^a   Berson, Solenn ^b   Terrisse, Hélène ^a   Mancini Le Granvalet, Maryline ^a   Guillerez, Stéphane ^b   Brohan, Luc ^a   Richard Plouet, Mireille ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^b CEA INES   (France)

Author keywords

Anatase colloidal solution for printing; Hybrid organic solar cell; Inverted polymer solar cell; Solar cell stability; Titanium sub oxide

Indexed keywords

CELL STABILITY; COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYER; INVERTED ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD;

BLENDING; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PRINTING; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877351137     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.04.006     Document Type: Article

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