Effect of ZnS coatings on the enhancement of the photovoltaic properties of PbS quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Hachiya, Sojiro ^a   Shen, Qing ^a,b   Toyoda, Taro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUNTER ELECTRODES; LOW VISCOSITY; METHANOL SOLUTION; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL ABSORPTION PROPERTIES; PASSIVATION LAYER; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIVITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; RED SHIFT; REDOX SYSTEMS; SILAR METHOD; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; TIO;

ADSORPTION; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METHANOL; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; POLYSULFIDES; REDOX REACTIONS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

EID: 84862115290     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4720468     Document Type: Conference Paper

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