Effects of molecular interface modification in CdS/polymer hybrid bulk heterojunction solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2223-2229

  Jiang, Xiaoxia ^a,b   Chen, Fei ^b   Weiming, Qiu ^b   Yan, Quanxiang ^b   Nan, Yaxiong ^a,b   Xu, Hao ^a,b   Yang, Ligong ^a   Chen, Hongzheng ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS nanorod; Hybrid solar cells; Interface modification; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CDS NANOROD; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIPOLE EFFECTS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE MODIFICATION; LIGAND MOLECULES; MOLECULAR INTERFACES; NANOROD ARRAYS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-THIOPHENE; SURFACE LIGANDS; THEORETICAL SIMULATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ACIDS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COMPOSITE FILMS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGANDS; NANORODS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 77957658732     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.07.016     Document Type: Article

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