Strategies to prepare an efficient photoanode for ZnO nanowires-based CdS-CdSe co-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 561-570

  Yin, Xingtian ^a   Que, Wenxiu ^a   Fei, Duan ^a   Xie, Haixia ^a   He, Zuoli ^a   Wang, Gangfeng ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS CdSe co sensitized; Photoanode; Solar cells; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; CDS; CDS LAYER; CDS-CDSE CO-SENSITIZED; CDSE; DEPOSITION CONDITIONS; DEPOSITION PROCESS; LARGE ASPECT RATIO; OPTIMIZED PARAMETER; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ANODES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY OBSERVATION; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; VISIBLE RANGE; ZNO; ZNO NANOWIRES; ZNO NANOWIRES (NWS); ZNO NWS;

ASPECT RATIO; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; FABRICATION; NANOWIRES; OPTIMIZATION; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84871372305     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.11.016     Document Type: Article

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