Enhancement of ZnO nanorod arrays-based inverted type hybrid organic solar cell using spin-coated Eosin-Y

Semiconductor Science and Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Lim, Eng Liang ^a   Yap, Chi Chin ^a   Yahaya, Muhammad ^a   Salleh, Muhamad Mat ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROENGINEERING AND NANOELECTRONICS IMEN   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXTRACTION; COATING CONCENTRATION; DEPOSITION OF SILVERS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

COATINGS; HOLE CONCENTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; SPIN COATING; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84875408150     PISSN: 02681242     EISSN: 13616641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0268-1242/28/4/045009     Document Type: Article

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