Fabrication of P3HT/PCBM bulk heterojunction solar cells with DNA complex layer

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kolachure, Vidyalakshmi ^a   Jin, Michael H C ^a  

^a University of Texas at Arlington   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; LOWEST UNOCCUPIED MOLECULAR ORBITAL; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; RECTIFYING BEHAVIORS; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; DNA; ENERGY GAP; ETHYLENE; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 79959796866     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2008.4922657     Document Type: Conference Paper

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