Effect of nanostructured electrode architecture and semiconductor deposition strategy on the photovoltaic performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 75, Issue , 2012, Pages 139-147

  Samadpour, Mahmoud ^a,b   Giménez, Sixto ^a   Boix, Pablo P ^a   Shen, Qing ^c,d   Calvo, Mauricio E ^e   Taghavinia, Nima ^b   Zad, Azam Iraji ^b   Toyoda, Taro ^c   Míguez, Hernán ^e   Mora Seró, Iván ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

Author keywords

CBD; CdSe; Quantum dots; SILAR; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CBD; CDSE; CDSE QDS; CELL PREPARATION; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CURRENT LIMITATION; DEPOSITION METHODS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; GROWTH METHOD; MATERIAL PROPERTY; NANO-STRUCTURED ELECTRODES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOPHYSICAL; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEPOSITION; SILAR; SILAR METHOD; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; SURFACE AREA; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TIO;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84862584529     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.087     Document Type: Article

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