Cadmium sulfide quantum dots grown by chemical bath deposition for sensitized solar cell applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7518, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Zhang, D W ^a   Chen, S ^a   Li, X D ^a,b   Wang, Z A ^a   Shi, J H ^a   Sun, Z ^a   Yin, X J ^b   Huang, S M ^a  

^a China   (China)

^b SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

CdS sensitized solar cells; Chemical bath deposition (CBD); Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM ACETATE; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; BI-LAYER; CADMIUM ACETATE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CDS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MESOPOROUS TIO2; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPE; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; BIOINFORMATICS; CADMIUM; CELLS; CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FIELD EMISSION; LIGHT; LIGHTING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIOUREAS; UREA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 71449119811     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.840612     Document Type: Conference Paper

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