Poly(3-hexylthiophene) - CdSe quantum dot bulk heterojunction solar cells: Influence of the functional end-group of the polymer

Macromolecules

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 3845-3848

  Palaniappan, Kumaranand ^a   Murphy, John W ^a   Khanam, Nadia ^a   Horvath, Julius ^a   Alshareef, Husam ^a,b   Quevedo Lopez, Manuel ^a   Biewer, Michael C ^a   Park, Seong Y ^a   Kim, Moon J ^a   Gnade, Bruce E ^a   Stefan, Mihaela C ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; FUNCTIONAL END GROUPS; HIGH LOADINGS; LOADING RATIO; NON-POLAR; PHASE SEGREGATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); QUANTUM DOT; REGIO-REGULAR;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; FUNCTIONAL POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHASE SEPARATION; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67649232586     PISSN: 00249297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ma9006285     Document Type: Article

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