Solar cells based on colloidal quantum dot solids: Seeking enhanced photocurrent

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 002068-002073

  Law, Matt ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^a   Choi, Sukgeun ^a   Nozik, Arthur J ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; DIP COATING; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; FILM TREATMENT; HOLE TRANSPORTS; INCIDENT LIGHT; INFRARED REGIONS; INORGANIC METALS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; MULTIPLE EXCITON; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL MODELS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QD DEVICES; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES; QUANTUM DOT SOLIDS; QUANTUM DOTS; REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; SCHOTTKY JUNCTIONS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SOLAR SPECTRUM; TOTAL REFLECTANCE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE MACHINING; EXCITONS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; PHOTOCURRENTS; REFLECTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77951549341     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2009.5411446     Document Type: Conference Paper

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