Hybrid inverted bulk heterojunction solar cells with nanoimprinted TiO2 nanopores

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1587-1591

  Baek, Woon Hyuk ^a   Seo, Il ^a   Yoon, Tae Sik ^a   Lee, Hyun Ho ^a   Yun, Chong Man ^a   Kim, Yong Sang ^a  

^a Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cells; Interface area; Inverted structure; Nanoporous TiO2; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE AREA; INVERTED STRUCTURE; NANOPOROUS TIO2; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LITHOGRAPHY; NANOPORES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 67649406003     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.014     Document Type: Article

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