SnS/PbS nanocrystal heterojunction photovoltaics

Nanotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 18, 2010, Pages

  Stavrinadis, Alexandros ^a   Smith, Jason M ^a   Cattley, Christopher A ^a   Cook, Andrew G ^a   Grant, Patrick S ^a   Watt, Andrew A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND ALIGNMENTS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; LEAD CHALCOGENIDES; MULTI JUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; NANOCRYSTAL FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TYPE II;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77950949988     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/21/18/185202     Document Type: Article

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