Hybrid photovoltaics based on semiconductor nanocrystals and amorphous silicon

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1235-1241

  Sun, Baoquan ^a,b   Findikoglu, Aip T ^a   Sykora, Milan ^a   Werder, Donald J ^a   Klimov, Victor I ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGES; CARRIER MULTIPLICATIONS; ENERGY STATE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCIES; INFRARED ENERGIES; NEAR INFRA-RED REGIONS; PHOTORESPONSE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROMISING MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; SILICON FABRICATION TECHNOLOGIES; SILICON-BASED; TUNABILITY; ULTRAVIOLET REGIONS; WIDE GAPS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALS; NONMETALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON; SEMICONDUCTING SILICON COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY;

AMORPHOUS SILICON;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSDUCER;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 65249086956     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl9001469     Document Type: Article

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