Determination of limiting factors of photovoltaic efficiency in quantum dot sensitized solar cells: Correlation between cell performance and structural properties

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Giḿnez, Sixto ^a   Lana Villarreal, Teresa ^b   Gómez, Roberto ^b   Agouram, Said ^c   Muoz Sanjos V ^c   Mora Seró, Iván ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORBING MATERIALS; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHEMICAL BATH; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON CONDUCTING; HIGH EFFICIENCY; IN-SITU; LIMITING FACTORS; LOW COSTS; LOW LOADING; MESOPOROUS TIO; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; OPTICAL DENSITIES; PHOTO-INJECTED ELECTRONS; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT; RECOMBINATION RATE; SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; TIO;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77957723869     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3477194     Document Type: Article

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