Synthesis and application in solar cell of poly(3-octylthiophene)/cadmium sulfide nanocomposite

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 483-490

  Han, Zhiyue ^a   Zhang, Jingchang ^a,b   Yang, Xiuying ^b   Cao, Weiliang ^a,b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Hainan Institute of Science and Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical interaction; Composite material; Photoelectric performance; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CDS; CHEMICAL INTERACTIONS; CONDUCTING POLYMER COMPOSITES; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; NEW MATERIAL; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTRIC PERFORMANCE; POLY(3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE); PROMISING MATERIALS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; ULTRAVIOLET-VISIBLE SPECTRA;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ENERGY CONVERSION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; PHOTOELECTRICITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 78650704033     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.09.006     Document Type: Article

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