Fabrication of inkjet printed organic photovoltaics on flexible Ag electrode with additives

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 125, Issue , 2014, Pages 283-290

  Haldar, Amrita ^a   Liao, Kang Shyang ^a   Curran, Seamus A ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Additives; Flexible substrates; Inkjet printing; ITO free; Silver anode

Indexed keywords

1 ,6-HEXANEDITHIOL; CONTROLLED DEPOSITION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; FLEXIBLE THIN FILMS; ITO FREE; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ADDITIVES; COATINGS; DEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; INK JET PRINTING; SILVER;

FABRICATION;

EID: 84898080735     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.03.013     Document Type: Article

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