Ligand capping effect for dye solar cells with a CdSe quantum dot sensitized ZnO nanorod photoanode

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1296-1301

  Sun, Xiao Wei ^a   Chen, Jing ^a,b   Song, Jun Ling ^c   Zhao, De Wei ^a   Deng, Wei Qiao ^c   Lei, Wei ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANORODS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CDSE QDS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EMISSION DECAYS; INCIDENT POWER; PHOTOANODE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; FLUORESCENT DYE; LIGAND; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENT DYES; LIGANDS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 75249101879     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.001296     Document Type: Article

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