Layer-by-layer assembly of sintered CdSe xTe 1-x nanocrystal solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 5995-6004

  MacDonald, Brandon I ^a,b   Martucci, Alessandro ^c   Rubanov, Sergey ^a   Watkins, Scott E ^b   Mulvaney, Paul ^a   Jasieniak, Jacek J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

CdSe xTe 1 x; CdTe; layer by layer; nanocrystal; sintered; solar cell; solution processed

Indexed keywords

CDSE; CDTE; LAYER-BY-LAYERS; SINTERED; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 84864196964     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3009189     Document Type: Article

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