Roles of Au and Ag nanoparticles in efficiency enhancement of poly(3-octylthiophene)/C 60 bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Kim, Kyungkon ^a   Carroll, David L ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; GOLD; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SILVER;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27744517964     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2128062     Document Type: Article

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