Organic photovoltaics: Principles and techniques for nanometre scale characterization

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 49, 2010, Pages

  Nicholson, Patrick G ^a   Castro, Fernando A ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; MEASURING TECHNIQUE; NANOMETRES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SCALE CHARACTERIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 78650087689     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/49/492001     Document Type: Review

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