Organic / IV, III-V semiconductor hybrid solar cells

Energies

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 313-334

  Ong, Pang Leen ^a   Levitsky, Igor A ^a,b  

^a Emitech Inc   (United States)

^b University of Rhode Island   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotubes; Group IV; Hybrid solar cells; III V semiconductors; Organic Inorganic solar cells; Photovoltaic effect; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; III-V SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; YARN;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS; GROUP-IV; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC COMPONENTS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; SPRAYING TECHNIQUES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 77950590213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/en3030313     Document Type: Review

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