Performance enhancement of solar cells based on single-walled carbon nanotubes by Au nanoparticles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Li, Yongfeng ^a   Kodama, Soichiro ^a   Kaneko, Toshiro ^a   Hatakeyama, Rikizo ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOPARTICLE; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; HIGH DENSITY; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; SERIES RESISTANCES; SHUNT RESISTANCES;

DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; SILICON; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS;

GOLD;

EID: 84865469556     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4739427     Document Type: Article

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