Hole transfer from PbS nanocrystal quantum dots to polymers and efficient hybrid solar cells utilizing infrared photons

Organic Electronics

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2773-2780

  Zhang, Yanguang ^a   Li, Zhao ^a   Ouyang, Jianying ^a   Tsang, Sai Wing ^a   Lu, Jianping ^a   Yu, Kui ^a   Ding, Jianfu ^a   Tao, Ye ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Conjugated polymers; Heterojunction; Infrared photovoltaics; PbS nanocrystals; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CELL ENGINEERING; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; EFFICIENCY; FULLERENES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; NARROW BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTONS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM TELLURIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL QUANTUM DOTS; PBS NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TYPE II HETERO JUNCTIONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866895013     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2012.08.009     Document Type: Article

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