Investigation of exciton photodissociation, charge transport and photovoltaic response of poly(N-vinyl carbazole):TiO2 nanocomposites for solar cell applications

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 37, 2008, Pages

  Dridi, C ^a,b   Barlier, V ^c   Chaabane, H ^a   Davenas, J ^c   Ben Ouada, H ^b  

^a INSTITUT SUPÉRIEUR DES SCIENCES APPLIQUÉES ET DE TECHNOLOGIE DE SOUSSE   (Tunisia)

^b FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE MONASTIR   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DISPERSIONS; EQUIVALENT CIRCUITS; EXCITONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; POLYMER FILMS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; CURRENT VOLTAGE MEASUREMENT; EXPONENTIAL TRAP DISTRIBUTION; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE CONCENTRATIONS; POLY(N-VINYLCARBAZOLE); SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SPIN-COATED THIN FILMS;

MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS;

NANOCOMPOSITE; POLY(N VINYLCARBAZOLE); POLYMER; TETRAHYDROFURAN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 51349098873     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/37/375201     Document Type: Article

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