journal article·2026-04

Improving photo-stability and exciton dissociation behaviour of zinc oxide quantum dots embedded Poly(3-hexylthiophene) hybrid solar cell

R. Meenakshi Reddy, N. Nagabhooshanam, Prahalad Singh Parihar, Nilesh Bhosle, S. Supriya, V. S. N. Kumar, Ramya Maranan, T. Thirugnanasambandham, S. Sathiyamurthy

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 4
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