Solution-processed sintered nanocrystal solar cells via layer-by-layer assembly

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2856-2864

  Jasieniak, Jacek ^a   MacDonald, Brandon I ^a,b   Watkins, Scott E ^a   Mulvaney, Paul ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

CdTe; layer by layer; nanocrystal; sintered; Solar cell; solution processed

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; CARRIER COLLECTION; CDTE; CDTE LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FULLY DEPLETED; GRAIN FORMATION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; INORGANIC NANOCRYSTALS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; LAYER-BY-LAYER ASSEMBLIES; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PROCESSABLE; SINTERED; SOLUTION PROCESSED; VACUUM PROCESS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; SINTERING;

NANOCRYSTALS;

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; NANOMATERIAL; TELLURIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TELLURIUM; TEMPERATURE; VACUUM; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79960274735     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl201282v     Document Type: Article

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