Effect of conducting polymer molecular weight on nanocrystal growth size for photovoltaic applications

Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, ICONN

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 411-414

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Conducting polymer; Lead sulfide; MEH PPV; Nanocrystals; P3HT; Photovoltaic; Quantum dot

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSCIENCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONMETALS; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION STRUCTURE; CHARGE SEPARATION (CS); ELECTRON ACCEPTORS; INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES; LARGE AREAS; LOW COSTS; LOW ENERGY BANDS; MEH-PPV; NANO COMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTAL GROWTH; NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY (NST); OPTICAL (PET) (OPET); ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS (OPV); OVERALL PERFORMANCE; PBS NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; PHYSICAL FLEXIBILITY; POLYMER DEVICES; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY (PCE); SOLAR POWER CONVERSION;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 48749113947     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICONN.2006.340640     Document Type: Conference Paper

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