Polymer hybrid photovoltaics for inexpensive electricity generation : final technical report, 1 September 2001 - 30 April 2006 /
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| Format: | Government Document eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Golden, Colo. :
National Renewable Energy Laboratory,
[2006]
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| Series: | NREL/SR ;
520-40044. |
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| Online Access: | https://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/LPS92560 |
| Abstract: | The project goal is to understand the operating mechanisms underlying the performance of polymer hybrid photovoltaics to enable the development of a photovoltaic with a maximum power conversion efficiency over cost ratio that is significantly greater than current PV technologies. Plastic or polymer-based photovoltaics can have significant cost advantages over conventional technologies in that they are compatible with liquid-based plastic processing and can be assembled onto plastic under atmospheric conditions (ambient temperature and pressure) using standard printing technologies, such as reel-to-reel and screen printing. Moreover, polymer-based PVs are lightweight, flexible, and largely unbreakable, which make shipping, installation, and maintenance simpler. Furthermore, a numerical simulation program was developed (in collaboration with IBM) to fully simulate the performance of multicomponent polymer photovoltaic devices, and a manufacturing method was developed (in collaboration with Add-vision) to inexpensively manufacture larger-area devices. |
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| Item Description: | "July 2006." Title from title screen (viewed Mar. 28, 2008). Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | iii, 13 pages : digital, PDF file. Full text available via Internet in .pdf format. Adobe Acrobat Reader required. |
| Format: | Mode of access: Internet from the NREL web site. Address as of 3/28/08: http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy06osti/40044.pdf ; current access available via PURL. |