Tunable optical constants of thermally grown thin porphyrin films on silicon for photovoltaic applications

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 127, Issue , 2014, Pages 169-173

  Pop, Simona D ^a   Kate, Stephan P ^a   Rappich, Jörg ^b   Hinrichs, Karsten ^a  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUT FÜR ANALYTISCHE WISSENSCHAFTEN ISAS E V   (Germany)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy; Core substituents; Optical constants; Porphyrins; Spectroscopic ellipsometry; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; OPTICAL CONSTANTS; SILICON; SPECTROSCOPIC ELLIPSOMETRY; THIN FILMS;

CORE SUBSTITUENTS; DYE SENSITIZED; ELECTRONIC TRANSITION; OPTICAL BANDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PORPHYRIN FILMS; SPECTRAL RANGE; THIN FILM MATERIAL;

PORPHYRINS;

EID: 84901304835     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.04.032     Document Type: Article

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