Unified assay of adverse effects from the varied nanoparticle hybrid in polymer-fullerene organic photovoltaics

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 153-170

  Huang, Yu Jui ^a   Lo, Wei Chun ^b   Liu, Shun Wei ^b,c   Cheng, Chao Han ^d   Chen, Chin Ti ^a,b   Wang, Juen Kai ^d,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e ACADEMIA SINICA   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hybrid; Nanoparticle; Organic photovoltaic; Polymer solar cell

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HYBRID; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYMERS; SILICA; SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84878297865     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.03.031     Document Type: Article

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