Flexible ITO-free polymer solar cells based on highly conductive PEDOT:PSS and a printed silver grid

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 551-554

  Muhsin, Burhan ^a   Roesch, Roland ^a   Gobsch, Gerhard ^a   Hoppe, Harald ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexible substrate; ITO free; Metal grid; Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; FLEXIBLE POLYMERS; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; ITO-FREE; METAL GRID; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SEMI-TRANSPARENT ELECTRODES; PEDOT:PSS;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

EID: 84907227364     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.08.009     Document Type: Article

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