Study and analysis of poly-3octyl-thiophene-ZnS hybrid solar cell

Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Sharma, Swati ^a   Natasha, ^b   Kapoor, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; THIOPHENE; ZINC COATINGS; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNS NANOPARTICLES;

CELL PARAMETER; COST EFFECTIVE; FILL FACTOR; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; HYBRID STRUCTURE; SOLAR CELL PARAMETERS; SYNTHESISED;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84900992868     PISSN: 19417012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4870995     Document Type: Article

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