Factors determining the photovoltaic performance of a CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell: The role of the linker molecule and of the counter electrode

Nanotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 42, 2008, Pages

  Mora Seró, Iván ^a   Giménez, Sixto ^a   Moehl, Thomas ^a   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^a   Lana Villareal, Teresa ^b   Gómez, Roberto ^b   Bisquert, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELLS; CHARGE CARRIERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CYTOLOGY; ELECTROLYSIS; MOLECULES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BIFUNCTIONAL LINKER MOLECULES; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CELL CONFIGURATIONS; CLOSED CELLS; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DIFFERENT SIZES; FILL FACTORS; INCIDENT PHOTON TO CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION EFFICIENCIES; LINKER MOLECULES; MAXIMUM POWERS; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACIDS; NANOSTRUCTURED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCES; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTES; THIOGLYCOLIC ACIDS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

CADMIUM; CYSTEINE; NANOMATERIAL; PROPIONIC ACID; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; COLLOID; ELECTRODE; MEASUREMENT; MOLECULE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56349112334     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/19/42/424007     Document Type: Article

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