Enhanced open-circuit voltage of PbS nanocrystal quantum dot solar cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Yoon, Woojun ^a   Boercker, Janice E ^a   Lumb, Matthew P ^a,b   Placencia, Diogenes ^a   Foos, Edward E ^a   Tischler, Joseph G ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; LEAD SULFIDE; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; LEAD; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SULFIDES; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84880765231     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02225     Document Type: Article

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