Facile microwave-assisted synthesis of multiphase CuInSe2 nanoparticles and role of secondary cuse phase on photovoltaic device performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9529-9536

  Seo, Yeong Hui ^a   Lee, Byung Seok ^b   Jo, Yejin ^a   Kim, Han Gyeol ^a   Choi, Youngmin ^a   Ahn, Sejin ^c   Yoon, Kyunghoon ^c   Woo, Kyoohee ^d   Moon, Jooho ^d   Ryu, Beyong Hwan ^a   Jeong, Sunho ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b SK Innovation   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^d Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL NATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; MICROWAVE ASSISTED SYNTHESIS; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; REACTION CHEMISTRY; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; THIN-FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES;

ALCOHOLS; NANOPARTICLES;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84878042367     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp310434j     Document Type: Article

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