Improving the efficiency of a poly(3-hexylthiophene)- CuInS2 photovoltaic device by incorporating graphene nanopowder

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kumari, Anita ^a   Singh, Inderpreet ^a,b   Prasad, Neetu ^a   Dixit, Shiv Kumar ^a   Rao, Peta Koteswara ^a   Bhatnagar, Pramod Kumar ^a   Mathur, Parmatma Chandra ^a   Bhatia, Charanjit Singh ^c   Nagpal, Swati ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

charge transport.; conducting polymer; grapheme; organic photovoltaic; quantum dots

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPOSITE FILMS; CONDUCTING POLYMERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON AFFINITY; GRAPHENE; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTIC; GRAPHEME; HIGH ELECTRON AFFINITIES; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURES;

GRAPHENE DEVICES;

EID: 84897136863     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.JNP.8.083092     Document Type: Article

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