Synthesis and characterization of planar heterojunction hybrid polymer solar cells based on copper pthalocyanine (CuPc) and titanium dioxide

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART A, 2014, Pages 643-649

  Mali, Sawanta S ^a,b   Kim, Hyungjin ^b   Kim, Jin Hyeok ^b   Patil, Pramod S ^a,b   Hong, Chang Kook ^b  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

0.41 conversion efficiency; XPS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; FIELD EFFECT TRANSISTORS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOFLOWERS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); COMPOSITIONAL PROPERTIES; COPPER PHTHALOCYANINE; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887623365     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.06.050     Document Type: Article

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