Efficient PbS/CdS co-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2nanorod arrays

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-7

  Li, Yitan ^a   Wei, Lin ^a   Chen, Xiya ^a   Zhang, Ruizi ^a   Sui, Xing ^a   Chen, Yanxue ^a   Jiao, Jun ^b,c   Mei, Liangmo ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^c PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS; Nanorod; PbS; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CHEMICAL ATTACK; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INFRARED DEVICES; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; SYNERGISTIC COMBINATIONS;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84875153980     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-67     Document Type: Article

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