An amorphous silicon random nanocone/polymer hybrid solar cell

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2431-2436

  Pei, Zingway ^a   Thiyagu, Subramani ^a   Jhong, Ming Sian ^a   Hsieh, Wei Shang ^a   Cheng, Shor Jen ^a   Ho, Min Wei ^a   Chen, Yu Hung ^b   Liu, Jun Chin ^b   Yeh, Chun Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Amorphous silicon; Hybrid solar cell; Random nanocones

Indexed keywords

A-SI:H; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIERS TRANSPORT; CONVENTIONAL POLYMERS; ELECTRICAL FIELD; ELECTRONS AND HOLES; HYBRID SOLAR CELL; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; NANO-CONES; NANOCONE; NEAR INFRARED; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; PEDOT:PSS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC CONDUCTORS; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

EID: 79958157026     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.04.021     Document Type: Article

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