Photosensitization of ZnO nanowires with CdSe quantum dots for photovoltaic devices

Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1793-1798

  Leschkies, Kurtis S ^a   Divakar, Ramachandran ^a   Basu, Joysurya ^a   Enache Pommer, Emil ^a   Boercker, Janice E ^a   Carter, C Barry ^a   Kortshagen, Uwe R ^a   Norris, David J ^a   Aydil, Eray S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOLE TRANSPORT; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; PHOTOINJECTED ELECTRONS; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ELECTROLYTES; HOLE TRAPS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EVALUATION; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SULFIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 34547316342     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl070430o     Document Type: Article

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