Silicon nanocrystals and semiconducting single-walled carbon nanotubes applied to photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1646-1650

  Svrcek V ^a   Cook, S ^a   Kazaoui, S ^a   Kondo, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROAD SPECTRAL; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CARRIER GENERATION; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; ITO ELECTRODES; P-TYPE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACTANT-FREE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SILICON; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79960745296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz200680v     Document Type: Article

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