Photovoltaic characteristics of hybrid MEH-PPV-nanoparticles compound

Current Applied Physics

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1894-1898

  Reshak, A H ^a,b   Shahimin, M M ^b   Juhari, N ^b   Vairavan, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

CdS; CdTe; Hybrid solar cells; MEH PPV; Nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARACTERIZATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HYBRID MATERIALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CDTE; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; MEH-PPV; ORGANIC POLYMER MATERIAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES; CDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84885589623     PISSN: 15671739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cap.2013.07.023     Document Type: Article

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