Effects of germanium addition to copper phthalocyanine/fullerene-based solar cells

Central European Journal of Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 248-252

  Oku, Takeo ^a   Kumada, Kazuma ^a   Suzuki, Atsushi ^a   Kikuchi, Kenji ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHIGA PREFECTURE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Nanostructure; Semiconductor; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868144189     PISSN: 18961541     EISSN: 20819927     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13531-011-0069-7     Document Type: Article

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