Photocurrent induced by nonradiative energy transfer from nanocrystal quantum dots to adjacent silicon nanowire conducting channels: Toward a new solar cell paradigm

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4548-4552

  Lu, Siyuan ^a   Lingley, Zachary ^b   Asano, Tetsuya ^b   Harris, Daniel ^b   Barwicz, Tymon ^c   Guha, Supratik ^c   Madhukar, Anupam ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b University of Southern California   (United States)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJACENT LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CONDUCTING CHANNELS; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; HIGH MOBILITY; LEAD SULFIDE; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS; NON-RADIATIVE; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTON ABSORBERS; RESONANT ENERGY TRANSFER; SILICON NANOWIRES; TIME-RESOLVED;

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTRIC WIRE; ENERGY TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR ENERGY;

NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SILICON; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 71949123734     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903104k     Document Type: Article

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