Cadmium sulfide nanoparticles synthesized by microwave heating for hybrid solar cell applications

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2014, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Martínez Alonso, Claudia ^a   Rodríguez Castañeda, Carlos A ^a   Moreno Romero, Paola ^a   Coria Monroy, Selene ^a   Hu, Hailin ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROWAVE HEATING; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CADMIUM SULFIDE NANOPARTICLE; ELECTRON-ACCEPTOR; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; MICROWAVE-HEATING; PARTICLE PROPERTIES; PARTICLES SIZES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESISED; THIOACETAMIDE;

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EID: 84907411612     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2014/453747     Document Type: Article

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