Solar cells based on composites of donor conjugated polymers and carbon nanotubes

Organic Photovoltaics: Mechanisms, Materials, and Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 351-366

  Kymakis, Emmanuel ^a,b   Amaratunga, Gehan A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Carbon; Composite; Dispersed; Nanotubes; Photovoltaic; Polymer; Single wall

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLAR CELLS; YARN;

DISPERSED; NANOTUBE CONCENTRATION; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; POLY(3-OCTYLTHIOPHENE)-(P3OT); SINGLE WALL;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 84889345729     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420026351     Document Type: Chapter

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