Enhancing the conversion efficiency of semiconductor sensitized solar cells via the cosensitization of dual-sized quantum dots

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 30, 2012, Pages 10074-10078

  Song, Jun Guo ^a   Song, Xin ^c   Ling, Tao ^a   Du, Xi Wen ^a   Qiao, Shi Zhang ^b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TREATMENTS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CO-SENSITIZATION; DIFFERENT SIZES; HIGH POWER CONVERSION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84864444493     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie300109u     Document Type: Article

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