Solution-processed parallel tandem polymer solar cells using silver nanowires as intermediate electrode

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12632-12640

  Guo, Fei ^a   Kubis, Peter ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Przybilla, Thomas ^a   Matt, Gebhard ^a   Stubhan, Tobias ^a   Ameri, Tayebeh ^a   Butz, Benjamin ^a   Spiecker, Erdmann ^a   Forberich, Karen ^a   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b BAVARIAN CENTER FOR APPLIED ENERGY RESEARCH ZAE BAYERN   (Germany)

Author keywords

parallel tandem; polymer solar cells; silver nanowires; solution processed

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE MEASUREMENT; ELECTRODES; POLYMERS; SILVER; SILVER NANOWIRES; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

IN-PLANE CONDUCTIVITY; PARALLEL-CONNECTED; PARALLEL-TANDEM; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); SOLUTION-PROCESSED; TANDEM CONFIGURATION;

POLYMER SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84919779822     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn505559w     Document Type: Article

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