Determining the internal quantum efficiency of PbSe nanocrystal solar cells with the aid of an optical model

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3904-3910

  Law, Matt ^a,b   Beard, Matthew C ^a   Choi, Sukgeun ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Hanna, Mark C ^a   Nozik, Arthur J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYERS; COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTIONS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; FREE REGIONS; INCIDENT LIGHTS; INTERFERENCE EFFECTS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; MULTIPLE EXCITONS; OPTICAL GENERATIONS; OPTICAL MODELS; PBSE NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCHOTTKY; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; TOTAL REFLECTANCES;

EXCITONS; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; REFLECTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 61649105761     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl802353x     Document Type: Article

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