Optical performance of a hybrid nano-polymer solar cell

ASME International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition, Proceedings (IMECE)

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages 15-21

  Kulkarni, Sudhir ^a   Mitra, Kunal ^a   Ramesh, Swaminathan ^b  

^a Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Department Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

^b Advanced Technologies of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARACTERIZATION; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DISSOCIATION; ENERGY POLICY; EXCITONS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLVENTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STARS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL STABILITY; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; FUNDAMENTAL SOLUTIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869198184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1115/IMECE200741509     Document Type: Conference Paper

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