Influence of poly3-octylthiophene (P3OT) film thickness and preparation method on photovoltaic performance of hybrid ITO/CdS/P3OT/Au solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 29-33

  Arenas, M C ^a,b   Mendoza, N ^a   Cortina, Hugo ^a   Nicho, M E ^c   Hu, Hailin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE FÍSICA APLICADA Y TECNOLOGÍA AVANZADA   (Mexico)

^c Jalisco   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide thin film; Hybrid heterojunctions; Organic photovoltaic cells; Poly3 octylthiophene (P3OT)

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE THIN FILM; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DROP-CAST; HYBRID JUNCTION; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LONG RANGE ORDERS; OPTICAL ABSORPTION COEFFICIENTS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; OXYGEN DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER MATERIALS; POTENTIAL BARRIERS; PREPARATION METHOD; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE; XRD PATTERNS;

CADMIUM; CURVE FITTING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; INDIUM; MAGNETIC FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SPIN GLASS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TIN;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 70449714138     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.04.013     Document Type: Article

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