Patterning of organic photovoltaic modules by ultrafast laser

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 238-246

  Kubis, Peter ^a   Li, Ning ^a   Stubhan, Tobias ^a   Machui, Florian ^a   Matt, Gebhard J ^a   Voigt, Monika M ^a,b   Brabec, Christoph J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

Femtosecond pulses; Laser patterning; Organic solar cells; PV module

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; ORGANIC LASERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR LASERS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ULTRAFAST LASERS; ULTRASHORT PULSES;

DEBRIS GENERATION; LASER PATTERNING; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULES; PRECISE REGISTRATION; PV MODULES; SINGLE WAVELENGTH; ULTRAFAST LASER SYSTEMS;

ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84920987069     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.2421     Document Type: Article

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