Enhancement of the photovoltaic performance in P3HT: PbS hybrid solar cells using small size PbS quantum dots

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Firdaus, Yuliar ^a   Vandenplas, Erwin ^b   Justo, Yolanda ^c   Gehlhaar, Robert ^b   Cheyns, David ^b   Hens, Zeger ^c   Van Der Auweraer, Mark ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b IMEC   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; DEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PH; PHASE SEPARATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

1 ,4-BENZENEDITHIOL; HYBRID BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; J-V CHARACTERISTICS; OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLY-3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84922159760     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4894404     Document Type: Article

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