Hybrid solar cells based on P3HT and Si@MWCNT nanocomposite

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 34, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Lin ^a   Pan, Xiaowei ^a   Zheng, Dingxiang ^a   Gao, Yan ^a   Jiang, Xiaoxia ^a   Xu, Mingsheng ^a   Chen, Hongzheng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE GENERATION; COVALENTLY BONDED; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ENERGY DIAGRAM; HETEROSTRUCTURES; HYBRID DEVICES; HYBRID FILM; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; I-V MEASUREMENTS; NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIALS; NEW MATERIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON NANOPARTICLES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

EID: 77957829689     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/34/345201     Document Type: Article

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