Toward efficient carbon nanotube/P3HT solar cells: Active layer morphology, electrical, and optical properties

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5316-5321

  Ren, Shenqiang ^a   Bernardi, Marco ^a   Lunt, Richard R ^b   Bulovic, Vladimir ^b   Grossman, Jeffrey C ^a   Gradečak, Silvija ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; dark saturation current; open circuit voltage; organic photovoltaics; P3HT

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; BAND ALIGNMENTS; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; P3HT; POLYMER BULK; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SATURATION CURRENT;

CARBON; CARBON NANOTUBES; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 83655192474     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl202796u     Document Type: Article

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