Colloidal quantum dot photovoltaics: The effect of polydispersity

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1007-1012

  Zhitomirsky, David ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Labelle, André J ^a   Fischer, Armin ^a   Debnath, Ratan ^a   Pan, Jun ^b   Bakr, Osman M ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

bandgap engineering; colloidal quantum dot; Energy landscaping; photovoltaics; polydispersity; solar cell

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOT; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; ENERGY LANDSCAPING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INHOMOGENEOUS BROADENING; LARGE-DIAMETER; MARGINAL BENEFIT; MONODISPERSITY; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOPARTICLE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHOTOVOLTAICS; QUANTUM DOT SOLIDS; SIZE DISPERSION; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE TRAP; TRAP STATE; TUNABILITIES;

CHARGE TRAPPING; ENERGY GAP; LUMINESCENT DEVICES; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYDISPERSITY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; VOLCANIC ROCKS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

POLYMER; QUANTUM DOT;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLLOIDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYMERS; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84856962367     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl2041589     Document Type: Article

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