The transitional heterojunction behavior of PbS/ZnO colloidal quantum dot solar cells

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1522-1526

  Willis, Shawn M ^a   Cheng, Cheng ^a   Assender, Hazel E ^a   Watt, Andrew A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colloidal quantum dot; lead chalcogenide; nanocrystal doping; photovoltaics; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CHARGE EXTRACTION; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DEPLETION REGION; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DOPING DENSITIES; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HETEROJUNCTION INTERFACES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LEAD CHALCOGENIDE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTION-PROCESSED; ZNO;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHASE CHANGE MEMORY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

LEAD; LEAD SELENIDE; NANOMATERIAL; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LEAD; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84858217295     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl204323j     Document Type: Article

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