Effects of bifunctional linker on the performance of P3HT/CdSe quantum dot-linker-ZnO nanocolumn photovoltaic device

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Zeng, Tsung Wei ^a   Liu, I Shuo ^a   Hsu, Fang Chi ^a   Huang, Kuo Tung ^a   Liao, Hsuieh Chung ^a   Su, Wei Fang ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ION EXCHANGE; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

3-AMINOPROPYL TRIMETHOXYSILANE; AROMATIC LINKER; BIFUNCTIONAL; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE-TRANSFER DYNAMICS; HETEROSTRUCTURES; NANO-COLUMNS; NANOCOLUMN; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT; SOLUTION PROCESS; TRIMETHOXYSILANE; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 77957015919     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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