The origin of efficiency enhancement of inorganic/organic Hybrid solar Cells by robust samarium phosphate nanophosphors

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 130, Issue , 2014, Pages 426-434

  Li, Qinghua ^a   Yuan, Yongbiao ^a   Wei, Taihuei ^b   Li, Yue ^a   Chen, Zihan ^a   Jin, Xiao ^a   Qin, Yuancheng ^a   Sun, Weifu ^c  

^a NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electron hole transport; Hybrid solar cell; Rare earth compounds; Samarium phosphate; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; SAMARIUM; SAMARIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION (BHJ); EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC/ORGANIC HYBRID; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; NANOPHOSPHORS;

SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84907197110     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2014.07.033     Document Type: Article

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