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Future Power of Plastic Solar Cells for Zero–CO2 Emission Society

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Recent progress of plastic solar cells in terms of (1) materials design such as p– and n–type organic semiconductors and nanostructured metal oxide electrodes, (2) thin–film making through dry and/or wet process such as vacuum vaporization and spin–coating, and (3) device structure composed of multilayered thin–films is described. The descriptions refer the photovoltaic performance including I–V characteristics and stability test of the devices in addition to predictive estimation of energy payback time and CO2 emission rate as life cycle analysis of photovoltaic power generation system.

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  1. Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Gokasho, Uji, Kyoto, Japan

    Takashi Sagawa

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  1. Center for Service Research, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Mitsutaka Matsumoto

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Yamada-oka 2-1, Suita, Osaka, 565-0871, Japan

    Yasushi Umeda

  3. Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

    Keijiro Masui

  4. Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

    Shinichi Fukushige

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Sagawa, T. (2012). Future Power of Plastic Solar Cells for Zero–CO2 Emission Society. In: Matsumoto, M., Umeda, Y., Masui, K., Fukushige, S. (eds) Design for Innovative Value Towards a Sustainable Society. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-3010-6_12

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