Preparation of sns2 colloidal quantum dots and their application in organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Tan, Furui ^a   Qu, Shengchun ^a   Wu, Ju ^a   Liu, Kong ^a   Zhou, Shuyun ^b   Wang, Zhanguo ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED POLYMERS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMER BLENDS; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TIN COMPOUNDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; HYBRID PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; MORPHOLOGY CHANGES; ORGANIC/INORGANIC HYBRIDS; PERFORMANCE VARIATIONS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; SURFACTANT EFFECTS; AFM; ELECTRON ACCEPTOR; ELECTRON DONORS; MDMO-PPV; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; SPLITTING PROCESS;

SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 84255168493     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-298     Document Type: Article

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