Silicon nanocrystal conjugated polymer hybrid solar cells with improved performance

Nano Energy

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-31

  Ding, Yi ^a   Gresback, Ryan ^a   Liu, Qiming ^b   Zhou, Shu ^a   Pi, Xiaodong ^c   Nozaki, Tomohiro ^a  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bulk heterojunctions; Hybrid solar cells; Silicon nanocrystals; Surface modifications

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SILICON; SURFACE TREATMENT;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION; HYBRID INORGANIC/ORGANIC; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; HYDROGEN TERMINATION; HYDROGEN-TERMINATED SI; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE TERMINATION; POLYMER HYBRID;

SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

EID: 84904361072     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2014.06.024     Document Type: Article

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