Photovoltaic properties of PSi impregnated with eumelanin

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Mula, Guido ^a   Manca, Laura ^a   Setzu, Susanna ^a   Pezzella, Alessandro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

5,6 dihydroxyindole; Bulk heterojunction; Eumelanin; Hybrid material; Organic inorganic interface; Photoconversion; Porous silicon

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; INFRARED DEVICES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MELANIN; ORGANIC-INORGANIC MATERIALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

5,6-DIHYDROXYINDOLE; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; EUMELANINS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC INTERFACE; PHOTOCONVERSION;

POROUS SILICON;

EID: 84864014238     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-377     Document Type: Article

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