Charge transfer and recombination in organic/inorganic hybrid composites with CuInS2 nanocrystals studied by light-induced electron spin resonance

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 124, Issue , 2014, Pages 241-246

  Krause, Christopher ^a   Miranti, Rany ^a   Witt, Florian ^a   Neumann, Johannes ^b   Fenske, Daniela ^b   Parisi, Jürgen ^a   Borchert, Holger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MATERIALS IFAM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; CuInS2 nanoparticle; Electron spin resonance; Hybrid solar cells; Ligand exchange

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATION PROCESS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID; LIGAND EXCHANGES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; PHOTOACTIVE LAYERS; RECOMBINATION KINETICS;

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CHELATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGANDS; NANOPARTICLES; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84897770057     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.02.010     Document Type: Article

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