Quantum dot solar cells. The next big thing in photovoltaics

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 908-918

  Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY LIMITATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GAINING MOMENTUM; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATIONS; PLASMONIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875496023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400052e     Document Type: Review

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