Effect of TiO2 film porosity and thermal processing on TiO 2P3HT hybrid materials and photovoltaic device performance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 2343-2350

  Gerein, Nathan J ^a   Fleischauer, Michael D ^b   Brett, Michael J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glancing angle deposition (GLAD); Hybrid photovoltaics; P3HT; TiO2

Indexed keywords

AS-CAST; CRYSTALLINITIES; FILM POROSITY; GLANCING ANGLE DEPOSITION; HYBRID DEVICES; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAICS; P3HT; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SAMPLE PROCESSING; SIZE AND SHAPE; SPIN CASTING; THERMAL HISTORY; THERMAL PROCESSING; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PORE SIZE; RAPID THERMAL ANNEALING;

HYBRID MATERIALS;

EID: 77957662115     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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