Enhanced performance of organic photovoltaic devices by incorporation of tetrapod-shaped CdSe nanocrystals in polymer-fullerene systems

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 210, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 785-790

  Ahmad, Razi ^a,b   Arora, Vikas ^b   Srivastava, Ritu ^a   Sapra, Sameer ^b   Kamalasanan, Modeeparampil N ^a  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

CdSe; conjugated polymer; fullerenes; hybrid solar cells; nanocrystals; organic photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

CDSE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLY(3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE-2 ,5-DIYL); POLYMER-FULLERENE SYSTEM; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; WURTZITE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; FULLERENES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84875844156     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201228347     Document Type: Article

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