Transparent and conductive polysiloxanes/PEDOT:PSS nanocomposite thin films with a "water-impermeable" property to significantly enhance stability of organic-inorganic hybrid solar cells

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 9650-9657

  Wang, Heming ^a   Kumar, Vikas ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTING POLYMERS; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOWIRES; SILANES; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SILICONES; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCRATCH RESISTANCE; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84921306584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c4ra14079f     Document Type: Article

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