Direct growth of metal sulfide nanoparticle networks in solid-state polymer films for hybrid inorganic-organic solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2011, Pages 2739-2744

  Dowland, Simon ^a   Lutz, Thierry ^a   Ward, Alexander ^a   King, Simon P ^a   Sudlow, Anna ^b   Hill, Michael S ^b   Molloy, Kieran C ^b   Haque, Saif A ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

hybrid inorganic organic; metal xanthates; nanoparticles; organic electronics; single source precursors; solar cells

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; CHARGE PHOTOGENERATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIRECT GROWTH; DONOR-ACCEPTOR HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID INORGANIC-ORGANIC; IN-SITU THERMAL DECOMPOSITION; METAL SULFIDE NANOPARTICLES; METAL SULFIDES; NANOMORPHOLOGIES; ORGANIC ELECTRONICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE SOURCE; SINGLE-SOURCE PRECURSOR; SOLAR ILLUMINATION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DECAY (ORGANIC); FILM GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASTIC FILMS; PYROLYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; VINYL RESINS;

POLYMER FILMS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYMER; SULFIDE; THIOKETONE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; TEMPERATURE; THIONES;

EID: 79959689417     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201100625     Document Type: Article

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