Organic and nano-structured composite photovoltaics: An overview

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 3167-3179

  Gledhill, Sophie E ^a   Scott, Brian ^a   Gregg, Brian A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; EXCITONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

BOUND ELECTRON-HOLE PAIRS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC MATERIAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SOLID-STATE ORGANIC CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 30444438308     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2005.0407     Document Type: Review

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