Hybrid nanostructured solar cells based on the incorporation of inorganic nanoparticles in polymer-fullerene mixtures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7772, Issue , 2010, Pages

  De Freitas, Jilian N ^a   Nogueira, Ana Flávia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

CdSe; Hybrid solar cells; Inorganic nanoparticles; Organic solar cells

Indexed keywords

AFM; CDSE; CDSE NANOPARTICLES; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUE; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOPHYSICAL; POLYMER-FULLERENE; TEM;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TERNARY SYSTEMS;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 77957837583     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.862510     Document Type: Conference Paper

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