Layout flexibility for sheet-to-sheet produced flexible ITO-free organic solar modules with organic functional layers slot die coated under ambient atmospheric conditions

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 136, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-205

  Kaduwal, Deepak ^a,b   Schleiermacher, Hans Frieder ^a   Schulz Gericke, Jan ^a,b   Schiefer, Sebastian ^a,b   Liang Tan, Yih ^a   Zhang, Jingyi ^a   Zimmermann, Birger ^a   Würfel, Uli ^a,b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Flexible; ITO free; Non halogenated solvents; Organic solar module; Slot die coating

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HALOGENATION; METALS; TIN OXIDES;

FLEXIBLE; HALOGENATED SOLVENTS; ITO FREE; SLOT-DIE COATINGS; SOLAR MODULE;

EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84922610279     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.11.043     Document Type: Article

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