Colloidal PbS quantum dot solar cells with high fill factor

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 3743-3752

  Zhao, Ni ^a   Osedach, Tim P ^a,b   Chang, Liang Yi ^c   Geyer, Scott M ^c   Wanger, Darcy ^c   Binda, Maddalena T ^d   Arango, Alexi C ^a   Bawendi, Moungi G ^c   Bulovic, Vladimir ^a  

^a USA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

air annealing; fullerene; lead sulfide; photovoltaic; quantum dot; recombination; solar cell

Indexed keywords

AIR ANNEALING; BAND GAPS; CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYER; CIRCUIT MODELS; DEVICE OPERATIONS; ELECTRON-TRANSPORTING LAYERS; EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; FILL FACTOR; FULLERENE DERIVATIVE; HIGH FILLS; LEAD SULFIDE; NEW APPROACHES; OXIDATION PROCESS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOTS; SHEDDING LIGHT; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; TEST CONDITION;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FULLERENES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 77955526540     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100129j     Document Type: Article

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