Tandem colloidal quantum dot solar cells employing a graded recombination layer

Nature Photonics

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 480-484

  Wang, Xihua ^a   Koleilat, Ghada I ^a   Tang, Jiang ^a,b   Liu, Huan ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Debnath, Ratan ^a   Brzozowski, Lukasz ^a   Barkhouse, D Aaron R ^a   Levina, Larissa ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 79960935581     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2011.123     Document Type: Article

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