Understanding the chemical origin of improved thin-film device performance from photodoped ZnO nanoparticles

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 211-216

  Morfa, Anthony J ^a,b   Macdonald, Brandon I ^a,c   Subbiah, Jegadesan ^a   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Grain boundaries; Organic photovoltaics; Photochemistry; Photodoping; ZnO

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GRAIN BOUNDARY RESISTANCE; GRAIN-BOUNDARY CONDUCTIONS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTODOPING; THIN-FILM TRANSISTOR (TFTS); ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLE FILMS;

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; METALLIC FILMS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; THIN FILM DEVICES; ZINC OXIDE;

METAL NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84896868065     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.02.002     Document Type: Article

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