Si solid-state quantum dot-based materials for tandem solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Conibeer, Gavin ^a   Perez Wurfl, Ivan ^a   Hao, Xiaojing ^a   Di, Dawei ^a   Lin, Dong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Band gap engineering; Modulation doping; Nucleation; Photovoltaics; Quantum dots; Tandem cells; Third generation

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; DEPOSITION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ENERGY GAP; FILM PREPARATION; MODULATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NUCLEATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BAND GAP ENGINEERING; MODULATION DOPING; PHOTOVOLTAICS; TANDEM CELLS; THIRD GENERATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84859408591     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-193     Document Type: Article

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