Efficient recyclable organic solar cells on cellulose nanocrystal substrates with a conducting polymer top electrode deposited by film-transfer lamination

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 661-666

  Zhou, Yinhua ^a   Khan, Talha M ^a   Liu, Jen Chieh ^b   Fuentes Hernandez, Canek ^a   Shim, Jae Won ^a   Najafabadi, Ehsan ^a   Youngblood, Jeffrey P ^b   Moon, Robert J ^b,c   Kippelen, Bernard ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellulose nanocrystal; Film transfer lamination; Recyclable organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; ELECTRODES; LAMINATING; NANOCRYSTALS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; SHOTCRETING; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES;

CELLULOSE NANO-CRYSTALS; CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTAL (CNC); FILM TRANSFER; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; MAXIMUM POWER; POLY(3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE):POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYETHERSULFONES; POLYETHYLENIMINES;

SOLAR CELLS;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; LAMINATION; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84893204703     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2013.12.018     Document Type: Article

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