Efficient hybrid organic/inorganic photovoltaic cells utilizing n-type pentacene and intrinsic/p-type hydrogenated amorphous silicon

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2407-2411

  Chao, Ching Hsun ^a,b   Chan, Chien Hung ^c   Wu, Fu Chiao ^d   Huang, Jung Jie ^b   Yang Lien, Shui ^b   Weng, Ko Wei ^b   Cheng, Horng Long ^d  

^a Dow Advance Materials em   (Taiwan)

^b MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cells; Inorganic semiconductors; Organic semiconductors; Pentacene; Photovoltaic effect

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; HYBRID INORGANIC/ORGANIC; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; HYDROGENATED AMORPHOUS SILICON (A-SI:H); INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MAXIMUM POWER; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR; ORGANIC/INORGANIC; PENTACENE; PENTACENE FILM; PENTACENE LAYERS; PENTACENES; PHOTO-CARRIERS; PV PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL QUALITIES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EXCITONS; HYDROGENATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SILICON; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 79958090413     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.014     Document Type: Article

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