Toward metal-organic insulator-semiconductor solar cells, based on molecular monolayer self-assembly on n-Si

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Har Lavan, Rotem ^a   Ron, Izhar ^a   Thieblemont, Florent ^a   Cahen, David ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; GOLD; MERCURY (METAL); MOLECULES; MONOLAYERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SULFUR;

ALKYL CHAINS; AU NANO-PARTICLES; CELL DEVELOPMENT; ELECTROLESS; FILL FACTORS; METAL-ORGANIC; MOLECULAR MONOLAYERS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; SELF- ASSEMBLIES; SEMICONDUCTOR SOLAR CELLS; SI SURFACES; SI-O-C BONDS; TEST STRUCTURES; THIOL GROUPS; TOP CONTACTS; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON;

EID: 59349092385     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3076115     Document Type: Article

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