@article{1b4276f61df44476ab7ecc8422265a4e,
title = "A green approach for direct growth of CdS nanoparticles network in poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) polymer film for hybrid photovoltaic",
abstract = "We demonstrate a high yielding green approach for the synthesis of CdS nanoparticles network in poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) (P3HT) polymer film. Triethyl amine has been used as a co-ligand instead of a highly poisonous pyridine to synthesize xanthate functionalized Cd(II) ion in high yields under ambient conditions. There was a significant decrease in the band gap of P3HT from 2.2 eV to 1.85 eV in P3HT:CdS composite, which has not been observed previously. The TEM image shows that in-situ synthesized CdS nanoparticles are evenly distributed in the P3HT network and a significant photoluminescence quenching of P3HT with CdS suggests its potential application for photovoltaic devices.",
keywords = "Cadmium sulphide, In situ growth, Nanocomposite, Nanoparticle, Photovoltaic, Poly(3-hexylthiophene)",
author = "Bhardwaj, \{R. K.\} and Kushwaha, \{H. S.\} and J. Gaur and T. Upreti and V. Bharti and V. Gupta and N. Chaudhary and Sharma, \{G. D.\} and K. Banerjee and S. Chand",
note = "Funding Information: The authors thank the director, NPL, for his kind support in this R \& D work. One of the authors (RKB) thanks Vice Chancellor and Director (RC), IGNOU, Delhi. The authors also thankful to the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for providing financial support to this work under CSIR-TAPSUN (CSIR-NWP-54) program entitled “Novel approaches for solar energy conversion under technologies and products for solar energy utilization through Networking”.",
year = "2012",
month = dec,
day = "15",
doi = "10.1016/j.matlet.2012.08.071",
language = "British English",
volume = "89",
pages = "195--197",
journal = "Materials Letters",
issn = "0167-577X",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
}
