Enhanced performance of CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells by low temperature vacuum annealing

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 277-281

  Lv, Tian ^a   Zhu, Guang ^a   Pan, Likun ^a   Sun, Hengchao ^a   Liu, Xinjuan ^a   Zhou, Nanjia ^b   Sun, Zhuo ^a  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cds quantum dot; Sensitized solar cell; Tio2 Film; Vacuum annealing

Indexed keywords

CDS QUANTUM DOTS; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; TIO; VACUUM-ANNEALING;

ANNEALING; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VACUUM;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84877732087     PISSN: 19414900     EISSN: 19414919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2013.1498     Document Type: Article

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