Hybrid photovoltaic devices from regioregular polythiophene and ZnO nanoparticles composites

Renewable Energy

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2683-2688

  Das, Narayan C ^a   Sokol, Paul E ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cells; Polythiophene; SANS; Stability; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE GENERATION; FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE; HYBRID POLYMERS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; METAL OXIDES; NANO-SIZE; NEUTRON SCATTERING TECHNIQUES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE EMISSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLY-THIOPHENE; REGIO-REGULAR; SOLUTION PROCESS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; UV ILLUMINATIONS; WHITE LIGHT; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO PARTICLES;

BLENDING; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEUTRON SCATTERING; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLYMER; STABILIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

EID: 77954309785     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2010.04.014     Document Type: Article

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