Colloidal quantum dot solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1264-1282

  Emin, Saim ^a   Singh, Surya P ^a   Han, Liyuan ^a   Satoh, Norifusa ^a   Islam, Ashraful ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colloidal quantum dot; Sensitizer; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBER SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC-INORGANIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; PREPARATION METHOD; PROCESSABILITY; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOTS; RECENT PROGRESS; SCHOTTKY; SENSITIZER; WORKING PRINCIPLES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ABSORBERS; SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

COLLOID; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RESEARCH WORK; SILICON; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 79956124158     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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