ZnO and conjugated polymer bulk heterojunction solar cells containing ZnO nanorod photoanode

Nanotechnology

Volumn 22, Issue 28, 2011, Pages

  Lee, Tao Hua ^a   Sue, Hung Jue ^a,b   Cheng, Xing ^a,b  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DYE MOLECULE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT ABSORBERS; LIGHT-ABSORBING DYE; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOANODE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POLYMER BULK; SURFACE MODIFIERS; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTING POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC OXIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 79959267009     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/22/28/285401     Document Type: Article

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