Cosensitized solar cells based on a flower-like ZnO nanorod structure

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1607-1610

  Chen, Jing ^a   Zhao, De Wei ^b   Lei, Wei ^a   Sun, Xiao Wei ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Black dye; CdS; flower like ZnO nanorod; quantum dot (QD); solar cells

Indexed keywords

BLACK DYE; CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; EXCITED ELECTRONS; FLOWER-LIKE; INTERMEDIATE ENERGIES; PHOTOANODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOTS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO ROD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NANORODS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 78650041412     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2009.2037831     Document Type: Article

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