Inverted hybrid solar cells based on pyrite FeS2 nanocrystals in P3HT:PCBM with enhanced photocurrent and air-stability

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 252-261

  Richardson, Beau J ^a   Zhu, Leize ^a   Yu, Qiuming ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Hybrid solar cell; Inverted solar cell; Iron disulfide; Pyrite FeS 2; Semiconductor nanocrystal

Indexed keywords

BULK-HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INVERTED SOLAR CELLS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOCURRENT ENHANCEMENT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878872681     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.05.014     Document Type: Article

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