Built-in quantum dot antennas in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1293-1298

  Buhbut, Sophia ^a   Itzhakov, Stella ^b   Tauber, Elad ^a   Shalom, Menny ^a   Hod, Idan ^a   Geiger, Thomas ^c   Garini, Yuval ^a   Oron, Dan ^b   Zaban, Arie ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

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

Author keywords

F rster resonance energy transfer (FRET); Organic dye; Quantum dots; Semiconductor nanocrystals; Sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING DYE; BAND OFFSETS; CELL STABILITY; CHARGE CARRIER INJECTION; COLLOIDAL SEMICONDUCTORS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DIRECT CHARGE; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGH-ENERGY TRANSFERS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; NEW DESIGN; NEW MATERIAL; NONRADIATIVE ENERGY TRANSFER; ORGANIC DYE; QUANTUM DOT; RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; TIME-RESOLVED LUMINESCENCE; VISIBLE SPECTRA;

ANTENNAS; DESIGN; ENERGY TRANSFER; LIGHT; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RESONANCE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 77950164949     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100021b     Document Type: Article

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