Quantum dot solar cells. Tuning photoresponse through size and shape control of CdSe-TiO2 architecture

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 4007-4015

  Kongkanand, Anusorn ^a   Tvrdy, Kevin ^a,b   Takechi, Kensuke ^a   Kuno, Masaru ^a,b   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY GAP; EXCITATION ENERGY; MORPHOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIFUNCTIONAL LINKER MOLECULE; NANOTUBE MORPHOLOGIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL RESPONSE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL SOLAR CELL;

SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; ENERGY RESOURCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; FILM COATING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; SOLAR ENERGY; TUNING CURVE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM;

EID: 41149181243     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja0782706     Document Type: Article

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