Hole transit in P3HT:PCBM solar cells with embedded gold nanoparticles

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 121, Issue , 2014, Pages 80-84

  Cheng, Cheng En ^a,b   Pei, Zingway ^c   Hsu, Chia Chen ^d   Chang, Chen Shiung ^a   Shih Sen Chien, Forest ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Gold nanoparticles; Hole transit; Impedance spectroscopy; Polymer solar cells

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; HIGH COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; HOLE TRANSIT; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMER SOLAR CELL (PSCS); POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GOLD; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84888317630     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.10.017     Document Type: Article

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