Low-temperature solution-processed solar cells based on PbS colloidal quantum dot/CdS heterojunctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 994-999

  Chang, Liang Yi ^a   Lunt, Richard R ^b   Brown, Patrick R ^c   Bulović, Vladimir ^d   Bawendi, Moungi G ^c  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d USA   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS; chemical bath deposition; heterojunction; PbS; quantum dot; solar cell

Indexed keywords

CDS; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; CURRENT DENSITY-VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; PBS; PBS COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM DOT THIN FILMS; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84874981096     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3041417     Document Type: Article

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