Synthesis and photoelectric property of poly (3-octylthiophene)/zinc oxide complexes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 194-200

  Han, Zhiyue ^a   Zhang, Jingchang ^a,b   Yang, Xiuying ^a   Zhu, Hong ^a   Cao, Weiliang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hainan Institute of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical interaction; Composite material; Photoelectric performance; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; FORBIDDEN BAND; NANO ZINC OXIDE; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; POLY(3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SUPERCRITICAL FLUID DRYING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE SPECTRA; ZNO;

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ENERGY CONVERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUPERCRITICAL FLUIDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THIOPHENE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 72149098577     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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