Performance enhancement through post-treatments of CdS-sensitized solar cells fabricated by spray pyrolysis deposition

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1648-1652

  Lee, Yong Hui ^a,b   Im, Sang Hyuk ^a   Rhee, Jae Hui ^a   Lee, Jong Heun ^b   Seok, Sang Il ^a  

^a Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

cadmium oxide; cadmium sulfide; etching; oxidation; quantum dot sensitized solar cell; spray pyrolysis deposition

Indexed keywords

AIR ATMOSPHERE; CADMIUM OXIDE; CDS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHEMICAL ETCHING; ELECTROLYTE SYSTEMS; ETCHING PROCESS; HCL SOLUTION; NON-CORROSIVE; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; POST TREATMENT; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPRAY PYROLYSIS DEPOSITION; THERMAL OXIDATION;

CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTROLYTES; ETCHING; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; OXIDATION; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM OXIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROLYTE; OXIDE; OXYGEN; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; HEAT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; ELECTROLYTES; HOT TEMPERATURE; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; OXYGEN; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77955489741     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am100169t     Document Type: Article

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