Efficient hybrid polymer/titania solar cells sensitized with carboxylated polymer dye

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 817-822

  Jagdish Bhongale, Chetan ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nanocrystalline titania; Organic photovoltaics; Organic inorganic hybrid solar cells; Poly(3 hexyl thiophene)

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CARBOXYLATED POLYMERS; CHARGE COLLECTION; FABRICATION METHOD; FACILE METHOD; HOLE-CONDUCTING LAYERS; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CURRENT DENSITY; POLY(STYRENE SULFONATE); POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIMPLE APPROACH; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; TIO;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; STYRENE; THIOPHENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77949652636     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2009.12.030     Document Type: Article

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