Biopolymer Composites in Photovoltaics and Photodetectors

Biopolymer Composites in Electronics

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 459-486

  Mohiuddin, M ^a,d   Kumar, B ^b   Haque, S ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

^c The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (South Korea)

^d AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Biopolymer composite; Bulk heterojunction; Dye synthesized solar cell; Photovoltaic; UV photodetector

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIOMOLECULES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTODETECTORS; PHOTONS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOPOLYMER COMPOSITES; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; DYE-SYNTHESIZED SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; UV PHOTODETECTORS;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 85023616724     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-809261-3.00017-6     Document Type: Chapter

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