Lead sulfide nanocrystal/conducting polymer solar cells

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6038, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Schwenn, Paul E ^a   Watt, Andrew A R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a   Meredith, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Lead sulfide nanocrystals; MEH PPV; P3HT; Photovoltaic

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERS; SILICON;

LEAD SULFIDE NANOCRYSTALS; MEH-PPV; P3HT; PHOTOVOLTAIC;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33645658489     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.652253     Document Type: Conference Paper

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