A PbS nanocrystal- C60 photovoltaic device for infrared light harvesting

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 13, 2007, Pages

  Dissanayake, D M N M ^a   Hatton, Ross A ^a   Lutz, Thierry ^a   Giusca, Cristina E ^a   Curry, Richard J ^a   Silva, S R P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENTS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FILL FACTOR; INFRARED PHOTOSENSITIVITY; NC-PBS IONIZATION; PBS NANOCRYSTAL;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 34848878307     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2790730     Document Type: Article

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