Light energy conversion by mesoscopic PbS quantum dots/TiO 2 heterojunction solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3092-3099

  Etgar, Lioz ^a   Moehl, Thomas ^a   Gabriel, Stefanie ^b   Hickey, Stephen G ^b   Eychmüller, Alexander ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

impedance; photovoltaic; quantum dots; transient

Indexed keywords

BACK CONTACT; DEPLETION LAYER CAPACITANCE; ELECTRIC POWER; ELECTRONIC PROCESS; FILL FACTOR; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH RESISTIVITY; HOLE CONDUCTOR; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; LIGHT ENERGY CONVERSION; MESOSCOPICS; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TIO; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSIENTS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84860361434     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn2048153     Document Type: Article

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