Highly efficient inverted type-I CdS/CdSe core/shell structure QD-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3982-3991

  Pan, Zhenxiao ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Cheng, Kan ^a   Hou, Yumei ^a   Hua, Jianli ^a   Zhong, Xinhua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS CdSe; Core shell structure; High conversion efficiency; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells; Sintering treatment

Indexed keywords

CDS; CORE/SHELL STRUCTURE; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SINTERING TREATMENT;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; ORGANOMETALLICS; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864263170     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn300278z     Document Type: Article

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