A series connection architecture for large-area organic photovoltaic modules with a 7.5% module efficiency

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Hong, Soonil ^a   Kang, Hongkyu ^a   Kim, Geunjin ^a   Lee, Seongyu ^a   Kim, Seok ^a   Lee, Jong Hoon ^a   Lee, Jinho ^a   Yi, Minjin ^a   Kim, Junghwan ^a   Back, Hyungcheol ^a   Kim, Jae Ryoung ^a   Lee, Kwanghee ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMPLEXITY; GEOMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; RECOMBINATION; REDUCTION;

HUMAN; PRINTING;

EID: 84953328948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10279     Document Type: Article

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