Effect of CdSe/P3HT composition on electrical and structural properties of bulk hetero-junction solar cell active layer

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 167-170

  Truong, Nguyen Tam Nguyen ^a   Kim, Woo Kyoung ^a   Park, Chinho ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bulk hetero junction; Organic photovoltaics; Percolation pathway; Transmission line method

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BULK HETERO-JUNCTION; COMPOSITE LOADING; CRITICAL LOADING; DEVICE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTRICAL AND STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRICAL PERCOLATION; LOADING AMOUNT; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PERCOLATION PATHWAY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSMISSION LINE METHOD; TRANSMISSION LINE METHODS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; LOADING; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS; STRUCTURAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSMISSION LINE THEORY;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 78149357868     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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