Understanding the effect of surface chemistry on charge generation and transport in poly (3-hexylthiophene)/CdSe hybrid solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 287-292

  Lek, Jun Yan ^a   Xi, Lifei ^a   Kardynal, Beata E ^b   Wong, Lydia Helena ^a   Lam, Yeng Ming ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Dispersion; Hybrid photovoltaics; Ligand exchange; Surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

AS-LIGANDS; CHARGE GENERATION; CRITICAL FACTORS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; LIGAND EXCHANGE; LIGAND EXCHANGES; OPTIMIZED DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE LIGANDS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISPERSIONS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84856080978     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am100938f     Document Type: Article

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