Depleted-heterojunction colloidal quantum dot solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3374-3380

  Pattantyus Abraham, Andras G ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Barkhouse, Aaron R ^a   Wang, Xihua ^a   Konstantatos, Gerasimos ^a,b   Debnath, Ratan ^a   Levina, Larissa ^a   Raabe, Ines ^c   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^c   Grätzel, Michael ^c   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c Chemistry Section   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depleted heterojunction; Electron transfer; Exciton dissociation; PbS; Quantum dot; Solar cell; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DEPLETED HETEROJUNCTION; ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; PBS; QUANTUM DOT;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY GAP; ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 77955131878     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100335g     Document Type: Article

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