1.20 - Plastic Solar Cells

Comprehensive Renewable Energy

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 439-480

  Sims, L ^a,b   Egelhaaf, H J ^a,b   Hauch, J A ^a,b   Kogler, F R ^a,b   Steim, R ^a,b  

^a Konarka Technologies GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alternative energy; Bilayer; Bulk heterojunction; Color variability; Flexible,flexibility; Fullerene; Light weight; Low cost; Organic solar cells; P3HT; PCBM; Plastic solar systems; Polymer; Polymer solar cells; Roll to roll; RTR; Third generation PV; Transparency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905192278     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-08-087872-0.00120-7     Document Type: Chapter

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