Colloidal-quantum-dot photovoltaics using atomic-ligand passivation

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 765-771

  Tang, Jiang ^a   Kemp, Kyle W ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Jeong, Kwang S ^b   Liu, Huan ^a,c   Levina, Larissa ^a   Furukawa, Melissa ^a   Wang, Xihua ^a   Debnath, Ratan ^a   Cha, Dongkyu ^d   Chou, Kang Wei ^d   Fischer, Armin ^a   Amassian, Aram ^d   Asbury, John B ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE DEFECTS;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT PARAMETERS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOPARTICLES; TIME RESOLVED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; TRAP STATE DISTRIBUTIONS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80053052618     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3118     Document Type: Article

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