Fabrication and charge-transfer characteristics of CdS QDs sensitized vertically grown flower-like ZnO solar cells with CdSe cosensitizers

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 474-479

  Sudhagar, P ^a   Chandramohan, S ^b   Kumar, R Saravana ^c   Sathyamoorthy, R ^c   Hong, Chang Hee ^b   Kang, Yong Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c KONGUNADU ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

CdS; CdSe; charge transfer; nanocomposites; quantum dots; solar cells; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BAND-EDGE EMISSIONS; CARRIER GENERATION; CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CDSE; CHARGE-TRANSFER MECHANISM; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; ENERGY-BAND ALIGNMENT; FLOWER-LIKE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANOARRAYS; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; POWER CONVERSION; QUANTUM DOTS; SCHEMATIC REPRESENTATIONS; SOLAR CELL STRUCTURES; SPECTRAL RESPONSE; TIO; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; ZNO; ZNO ELECTRODES;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; NANOCOMPOSITES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 79751501484     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201026276     Document Type: Article

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