Mn-doped quantum dot sensitized solar cells: A strategy to boost efficiency over 5%

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2508-2511

  Santra, Pralay K ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; MESOSCOPICS; MN-DOPED; OXIDE COMPOSITES; PHOTOANODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY; TIO;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MANGANESE;

CADMIUM SELENIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER SULFATE; ELECTROLYTE; GRAPHENE; MANGANESE; NANOCRYSTAL; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; COMPOSITE MATERIAL; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY RESOURCE; ILLUMINATION; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM DOT SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; SENSITIZATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; TITANIUM;

EID: 84856731168     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja211224s     Document Type: Article

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