A stamped PEDOT:PSS-silicon nanowire hybrid solar cell

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Moiz, Syed Abdul ^a   Nahhas, Ahmed Muhammad ^a   Um, Han Don ^b   Jee, Sang Won ^b   Cho, Hyung Koun ^c   Kim, Sang Woo ^c   Lee, Jung Ho ^b  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCITON RECOMBINATION; FREE CARRIERS; HYBRID CELLS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL RESPONSE; PEDOT:PSS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; SILICON NANOWIRES; STAMPING PROCESS; THIN LAYERS; TRANSFER TECHNIQUE;

NANOWIRES; SOLAR CELLS; STAMPING;

CONDUCTING POLYMERS;

NANOWIRE; POLY(3,4 ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE) POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLY(3,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE)-POLY(STYRENESULFONATE); POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE DERIVATIVE; SILICON; THIOPHENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRODES; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; POLYMERS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; THIOPHENES;

EID: 84863349123     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/14/145401     Document Type: Article

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