Enhancement of hybrid solar cell performance by polythieno [3,4-b]thiophenebenzodithiophene and microplasma-induced surface engineering of silicon nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Svrcek V ^a   Yamanari, T ^a   Mariotti, D ^b   Matsubara, K ^a   Kondo, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC INTERACTIONS; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; MICRO-PLASMAS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE ENGINEERING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL SURFACE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ETHANOL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METAMATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILICON; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACES;

PLASMA DEVICES;

EID: 84862118538     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4721437     Document Type: Article

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