Effects of film thickness on the photocurrent generation from polythiophene-fullerene thin films containing silver nanoparticles

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 51, Issue 2 PART 2, 2012, Pages

  You, Jing ^a   Takahashi, Yukina ^a   Yonemura, Hiroaki ^a   Akiyama, Tsuyoshi ^b   Yamada, Sunao ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDIUM TIN OXIDE ELECTRODES; METHYL ESTERS; OPTIMAL RANGES; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; THICKNESS OF THE FILM;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTIMIZATION; OXIDE FILMS; THIN FILMS; TIN;

SILVER;

EID: 84857480955     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.51.02BK04     Document Type: Article

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