A complete fully thin-film pv harvesting and power-management system on plastic with on-sheet battery management and wireless power delivery to off-sheet loads

IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 432-439

  Rieutort Louis, Warren ^a   Huang, Liechao ^a   Hu, Yingzhe ^a   Sanz Robinson, Josue ^a   Wagner, Sigurd ^a   Sturm, James C ^a   Verma, Naveen ^a  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

Author keywords

Amorphous semiconductors; battery management systems; energy harvesting; flexible electronics; photovoltaic systems; thin film circuits; thin film transistors

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI); BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; LARGE-AREA ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS); WIRELESS POWER DELIVERY; WIRELESS TRANSMISSIONS;

AMORPHOUS SEMICONDUCTORS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; FLEXIBLE ELECTRONICS; LITHIUM; MANAGEMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASTIC SHEETS; POWER CONTROL; SILICON; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILM TRANSISTORS;

LITHIUM BATTERIES;

EID: 84891560587     PISSN: 21563381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JPHOTOV.2013.2285959     Document Type: Article

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