Facile solution growth of vertically aligned zno nanorods sensitized with aqueous cds and cdse quantum dots for photovoltaic applications

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Luan, Chunyan ^a   Vaneski, Aleksandar ^a   Susha, Andrei S ^a   Xu, Xueqing ^a   Wang, Hong En ^a   Chen, Xue ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Zhang, Wenjun ^a   Lee, Chun Sing ^a   Rogach, Andrey L ^a   Zapien, Juan Antonio ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; ZINC OXIDE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GROWTH (MATERIALS);

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO NANORODS ARRAYS; CDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; FILL FACTOR; IN-SITU GROWTH; SOLUTION APPROACH; SOLUTION GROWTH; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID; TWO-MATERIALS; ZNO NANOROD;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84255182721     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-340     Document Type: Article

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