Dead zones in colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics: Evidence and implications

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 19, 2010, Pages

  Barkhouse, D Aaron R ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Wang, Xihua ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUBSTRATES;

CARRIER EXTRACTION; CARRIER GENERATION; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DEAD ZONES; DEVICE DESIGN; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LIGHT-TRAPPING; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; QUANTUM DOT; TIO; TOP CONTACT;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77956999617     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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