Flexible polymer/copper indium sulfide hybrid solar cells and modules based on the metal xanthate route and low temperature annealing

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 117-125

  Fradler, Christopher ^a,b   Rath, Thomas ^a,b   Dunst, Sebastian ^a,d   Letofsky Papst, Ilse ^b   Saf, Robert ^a   Kunert, Birgit ^c   Hofer, Ferdinand ^b   Resel, Roland ^c   Trimmel, Gregor ^a,b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d POLYMER COMPETENCE CENTER LEOBEN GMBH   (Austria)

Author keywords

Flexible solar cells; In situ preparation; Nanocomposite; Nanoparticles; Polymer photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894598296     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.01.043     Document Type: Article

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