Effect of CdS nanoparticle content on the in-situ polymerization of 3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl and the application of P3HT-CdS products in hybrid solar cells

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 37, Issue , 2015, Pages 259-265

  Jaimes, W ^a   Alvarado Tenorio, G ^a   Martínez Alonso, Claudia ^b   Quevedo Lopez A ^c   Hu, Hailin ^b   Nicho, M E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MORELOS   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO DE ENERGÍAS RENOVABLES   (Mexico)

^c The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS nanoparticles; Chemical synthesis; Hybrid photovoltaic cells; Nanocomposites; Poly(3 hexylthiophene)

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CARRIER MOBILITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MONOMERS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CDS NANOPARTICLES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HOMOGENEOUS DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELLS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84930276469     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2015.03.055     Document Type: Article

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