Comparison of hybrid blends for solar cell application

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 301-312

  Lechmann, Maria C ^a,b   Koll, Dominik ^b   Kessler, Daniel ^b   Theato, Patrick ^b,c   Tremel, Wolfgang ^b   Gutmann, Jochen S ^a,b  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Ambient condition; Hybrid solar cell; P3HT; PTPA

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHARACTERIZATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; HYBRID MATERIALS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHASE SEPARATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; NANO-CRYSTALLINE TIO; P3HT; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PTPA; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77950558369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3030301     Document Type: Article

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