Effect of CdSe quantum dots on the performance of hybrid solar cells based on ZnO nanorod arrays

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2975-2980

  Zhu, Chongyu ^a   Pan, Xinhua ^a   Ye, Chunli ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Ye, Zhizhen ^a   Huang, Jingyun ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdSe; D. ZnO; Hybrid solar cell; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL MOLECULES; CDSE; CDSE QDS; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; EXCITION; GENERAL METHOD; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INTERFACE MODIFICATION; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; ORGANIC-INORGANIC HYBRID; ORGANIC/INORGANIC INTERFACES; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR ILLUMINATION; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84872946940     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.09.074     Document Type: Article

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