Hybrid solar cells with prescribed nanoscale morphologies based on hyperbranched semiconductor nanocrystals

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 409-414

  Gur, Ilan ^a,c   Fromer, Neil A ^a   Chen, Chih Ping ^b,d   Kanaras, Antonios G ^a,b,e   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b,c  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory   (United States)

^d INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR MATERIALS; DONOR MATERIALS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; SOLID STATE INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

COMPOSITE FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33847705797     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl062660t     Document Type: Article

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