Phosphonate self-assembled monolayers as organic linkers in solid-state quantum dot sensetized solar cells

Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 951-954

  Ardalan, Pendar ^a   Brennan, Thomas P ^a   Bakke, Jonathan R ^a   Bent, Stacey F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; HEAD GROUPS; ORGANIC LINKERS; PHOSPHONATES; PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; TIO; WATER CONTACT ANGLES (WCA);

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONTACT ANGLE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 78650077080     PISSN: 01608371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PVSC.2010.5614620     Document Type: Conference Paper

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