Nanostructured electrodes for organic bulk heterojunction solar cells: Model study using carbon nanotube dispersed polythiophene-fullerene blend devices

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Nam, Chang Yong ^a   Wu, Qin ^a   Su, Dong ^a   Chiu, Chien Yang ^b   Tremblay, Noah J ^b   Nuckolls, Colin ^b   Black, Charles T ^a  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CARRIER COLLECTION; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; HOLE CONDUCTION; LAYER THICKNESS; METHYL ESTERS; MODEL STUDY; MODEL SYSTEM; NANOSTRUCTURED ELECTRODES; ORGANIC BULK-HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SMALL CONCENTRATION;

BUTYRIC ACID; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; FATTY ACIDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 80053490927     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3633236     Document Type: Article

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