Performance improvement of P3HT/TiO 2 coaxial heterojunction polymer solar cells by introducing a CdS interface modifier

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 196, Issue , 2012, Pages 349-355

  Li, Yan ^a   Wang, Cheng Wei ^a   Zhao, Yun ^a   Wang, Jian ^a   Zhou, Feng ^b  

^a NORTHWEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

CdS quantum dots; Coaxial heterojunction solar cells; Oriented TiO 2 nanotube arrays; Phorovoltaic characteristics

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CRYSTALLINE-TIO; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE MODIFIERS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOTUBE WALLS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS; PHOROVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED CELLS; TIO; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84867634923     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2012.06.041     Document Type: Article

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