Near infrared absorption of CdSexTe1-xalloyed quantum dot sensitized solar cells with more than 6% efficiency and high stability

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 5215-5222

  Pan, Zhenxiao ^a   Zhao, Ke ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Zhang, Hua ^a   Feng, Yaoyu ^a   Zhong, Xinhua ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

alloyed quantum dots; CdSexTe1 x; high efficiency; solar cells

Indexed keywords

BIFUNCTIONAL LINKER MOLECULE; CDSE; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; HIGH-TEMPERATURE PYROLYSIS; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; NEAR-INFRARED ABSORPTION; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

SOLAR CELLS;

ALLOY; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SELENIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SELENIUM DERIVATIVE; TELLURIUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

ABSORPTION; ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; QUANTUM DOTS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TELLURIUM; TITANIUM;

EID: 84879668741     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn400947e     Document Type: Article

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