Improved current extraction from ZnO/PbS quantum dot heterojunction photovoltaics using a MoO3 interfacial layer

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2955-2961

  Brown, Patrick R ^a   Lunt, Richard R ^b   Zhao, Ni ^c   Osedach, Timothy P ^d   Wanger, Darcy D ^a   Chang, Liang Yi ^e   Bawendi, Moungi G ^a   Bulović, Vladimir ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

heterojunction; MoO3; PbS; quantum dot; Schottky barrier; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ANODE MATERIAL; CIRCUIT MODELING; CURRENT EXTRACTION; CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; INTERFACIAL LAYER; MOO3; MOTT-SCHOTTKY ANALYSIS; PBS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT FILMS; REVERSE-BIAS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; SCHOTTKY DIODES; TOP CONTACT; ZNO;

ANODES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHASE INTERFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

LEAD; LEAD SULFIDE; MOLYBDENUM; MOLYBDENUM TRIOXIDE; OXIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

LEAD; MOLYBDENUM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOTS; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79960214919     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201472u     Document Type: Article

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