CdS-decorated ZnO nanorod heterostructures for improved hybrid photovoltaic devices

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 6085-6095

  Rakshit, Tamita ^a   Mondal, Suvra P ^a   Manna, Indranil ^a,b   Ray, Samit K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b CSIR CENTRAL GLASS AND CERAMIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

CdS ZnO heterostructure; organic inorganic heterojunctions; photoluminescence quenching; solar cells; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; CDS; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; EXTERNAL CIRCUITS; HIGH CONCENTRATION; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUENCHING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; REGIO-REGULAR; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SOLAR CELLS; TOLUENE;

ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; POLY(3 HEXYL)SELENOPHENE; POLY(3-HEXYL)SELENOPHENE; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84870491232     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am301721h     Document Type: Article

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