Nanotechnology in the development of photovoltaic cells

2007 International Conference on Clean Electrical Power, ICCEP '07

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 379-386

  Manna, T K ^a   Mahajan, S M ^a  

^a Tennessee Technological University   (United States)

Author keywords

Hot carriers; Nano tech solar cells; Nanotubes; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; HOT CARRIERS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK POWER GENERATION; CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY SOURCES; NANOTECH SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 35348838377     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICCEP.2007.384240     Document Type: Conference Paper

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