Energy transfer versus charge separation in hybrid systems of semiconductor quantum dots and Ru-dyes as potential co-sensitizers of TiO2-based solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Giménez, Sixto ^a   Rogach, Andrey L ^b   Lutich, Andrey A ^c   Gross, Dieter ^c   Poeschl, Andreas ^c   Susha, Andrei S ^b   Mora Seró, Ivan ^a   Lana Villarreal, Teresa ^d   Bisquert, Juan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE QDS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ENERGY LEVEL ALIGNMENT; HYBRID STRUCTURE; MESOPOROUS TIO; ORGANIC LIGANDS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; PHOTOGENERATED EXCITONS; SPECTRAL OVERLAP; TIME RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPIES; TIO; TRANSFER MECHANISMS; TRIOCTYLPHOSPHINES; TYPE II;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HYBRID COMPUTERS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 79960508444     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3605486     Document Type: Article

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