Fabrication and characterisation of MEH-PPV/CdTe/CdS solar cell

2011 IEEE Colloquium on Humanities, Science and Engineering, CHUSER 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 454-458

  Vairavan, R ^a   Mohamad Shahimin, M ^a   Juhari, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CdS; CdTe; Hybrid solar cells; MEH PPV; nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CDS; CDTE; HYBRID CELLS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; LOW POWER; MEH-PPV; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLYMER MATERIALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FABRICATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 84858995089     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CHUSER.2011.6163772     Document Type: Conference Paper

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