Efficiency improvement of PCDTBT solar cells with silver nanoparticles

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 110, Issue , 2013, Pages 58-62

  Parlak, Elif Alturk ^a   AslTumay, Tülay ^a   Tore, Nesrin ^a,b   Saroǧlan, Şerife ^c   Kavak, Pelin ^d   Türksoy, Figen ^c  

^a NATIONAL METROLOGY INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^b GEBZE TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c MATERIALS INSTITUTE   (Turkey)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Impedance; Organic solar cells; PCDTBT

Indexed keywords

AG NANOPARTICLE; BENZOTHIADIAZOLES; EFFICIENCY IMPROVEMENT; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PCDTBT; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; NANOPARTICLES; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

SILVER;

EID: 84871775845     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2012.12.002     Document Type: Article

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