Efficient polymer nanocrystal hybrid solar cells by improved nanocrystal composition

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 95, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3227-3232

  Zhou, Yunfei ^a   Eck, Michael ^a   Men, Cong ^a   Rauscher, Frank ^b   Niyamakom, Phenwisa ^b   Yilmaz, Seyfullah ^c   Dumsch, Ines ^c   Allard, Sybille ^c   Scherf, Ullrich ^c   Krüger, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b BAYER AG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunction solar cells; CdSe; Hybrid solar cells; Quantum dots; Semiconductor nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; CDSE; CDSE NANOROD; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; POLYMER NANOCRYSTALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 80053606325     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.07.015     Document Type: Article

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