Photovoltaic applications of silicon nanocrystal based nanostructures induced by nanosecond laser fragmentation in liquid media

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 5084-5093

  Svrcek V ^a   Mariotti, D ^a,b   Nagai, T ^a   Shibata, Y ^a   Turkevych, I ^a   Kondo, M ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; ANATASE TIO; BULK HETEROJUNCTION; CELL ARCHITECTURES; CONFINEMENT PROPERTIES; COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENES; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LASER FRAGMENTATION; LIQUID MEDIA; NANOSECOND LASERS; PHOTOGENERATED CURRENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS; SILICON NANOCRYSTALS; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ETHANOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIQUIDS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOTUBES; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SILICON;

EID: 79953039610     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp109301d     Document Type: Article

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