Nanostructured hybrid polymer?inorganic solar cell active layers formed by controllable in situ growth of semiconducting sulfide networks

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1253-1258

  Leventis, Henry C ^a   King, Simon P ^a   Sudlow, Anna ^b   Hill, Michael S ^b   Molloy, Kieran C ^b   Haque, Saif A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electron transfer; Hybrid optoelectronics; Inorganic nanoparticles; Metal xanthate; Organic solar cells; Polymer semiconductors; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; HYBRID OPTOELECTRONICS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLYMER SEMICONDUCTORS; QUANTUM DOT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY CONVERSION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYMER FILMS; POLYMERS; PYROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOMATERIAL; POLYMER; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 77951057368     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903787j     Document Type: Article

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