PbS and CdS quantum dot-sensitized solid-state solar cells: "Old concepts, new results"

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 2735-2742

  Lee, Hyojoong ^a   Leventis, Henry C ^b   Moon, Soo Jin ^a   Chen, Peter ^a   Ito, Seigo ^a,e   Haque, Saif A ^b   Torres, Tomas ^c   Nüesch, Frank ^d   Geiger, Thomas ^d   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Nazeeruddin, Md Khaja ^a  

^a Chemistry Section   (Switzerland)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CDS; COLOR CHANGES; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DEPOSITION CYCLES; HOLE CONDUCTOR; HOLE GENERATION; LEAD SULFIDE; MESOPOROUS TIO; NEAR INFRA RED; NEW RESULTS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; ORGANIC HOLE CONDUCTORS; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; SILAR DEPOSITION; SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; SOLID-STATE CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; SPIROBIFLUORENE; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; TEM; TETRAKIS; TIO;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRON MOBILITY; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED DEVICES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 69949132913     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900081     Document Type: Article

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