Spray-on PEDOT: PSS and P3HT: PCBM thin films for polymer solar cells

Coatings

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 85-97

  Eslamian, Morteza ^a,b   Newton, Joshua E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY CORPUS CHRISTI   (United States)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Polymer solar cells; Solution processed solar cells; Spray coating; Spray on solar cells; Thin film characterization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925389573     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/coatings4010085     Document Type: Article

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