Hybrid solar cells with an inverted structure: Nanodots incorporated ternary system

Solid-State Electronics

Volumn 69, Issue , 2012, Pages 50-54

  Fu, Honghong ^a   Choi, Mijung ^b   Luan, Weiling ^a   Kim, Yong Sang ^b   Tu, Shan Tung ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CdSe nanodots; Hybrid solar cell; Inverted structure; Stability; Ternary system

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BINARY SYSTEMS; ENERGY LEVEL; ENHANCED STABILITY; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED STRUCTURE; METHYL ESTERS; MICROSCOPY IMAGES; NANODOTS; PHOTOPHYSICAL; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELLS;

TERNARY SYSTEMS;

EID: 84862791300     PISSN: 00381101     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sse.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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