Nanocomposite solar cells - Influence of particle concentration, size and shape on the device performance

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5520, Issue , 2004, Pages 176-183

  Kwong, C Y ^a   Djurisic A B ^a   Chui, P C ^a   Chan, W K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON MOBILITY; FULLERENES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; POLYMER PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR LIGHT SPECTRUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 13444283781     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.558683     Document Type: Conference Paper

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