Enhanced performance of dye/QDs cosensitized solar cells via Försterresonance energy transfer

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 109, Issue , 2013, Pages 291-297

  Han, Donglai ^a,b   Sun, Yunfei ^a,b   Yang, Jinghai ^c   Yang, Lili ^c   Jin, Sihan ^c   Chen, Gang ^c   Song, Hang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cosensitized solar cells; Light absorbance; QDSSCs; ZnO ZnS photoanode

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY TRANSFER; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ABSORBANCES; CDS QUANTUM DOTS(QDS); HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QDSSCS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84881176755     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.090     Document Type: Article

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