Mechanically robust, ITO-free, 4.8% efficient, all-solution processed organic solar cells on flexible PET foil

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 317-321

  Nickel, Felix ^a   Haas, Thomas ^a   Wegner, Eduard ^a   Bahro, Daniel ^a   Salehin, Sayedus ^a   Kraft, Oliver ^a   Gruber, Patric A ^a   Colsmann, Alexander ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

All solution processing; ITO free; Mechanical flexible; Polymer solar cell; Printed electronics

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ITO-FREE; MECHANICAL FLEXIBLE; POLY(4-STYRENESULFONATE); POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES (PET); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRINTED ELECTRONICS; MECHANICALLY ROBUST; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907208655     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.005     Document Type: Article

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