Hybrid polymer/ZnO solar cells sensitized by PbS quantum dots

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Lidan ^a,b   Zhao, Dongxu ^a   Su, Zisheng ^a   Shen, Dezhen ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

CASCADE STRUCTURES; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; HYBRID POLYMERS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; MAXIMUM POWER; PBS QUANTUM DOTS; ZNO NANOROD;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84863230439     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-106     Document Type: Article

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