Charging of quantum dots by sulfide redox electrolytes reduces electron injection efficiency in quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 11461-11464

  Zhu, Haiming ^a   Song, Nianhui ^a   Lian, Tianquan ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGER RECOMBINATION; AUGER RECOMBINATION PROCESS; COLLOIDAL NANOCRYSTALS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEVICES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIME-RESOLVED ABSORPTION;

AUGERS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ELECTROLYTES;

ELECTROLYTE; NANOCRYSTAL; QUANTUM DOT; SULFIDE;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CELLS; COLLOID; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SENSITIZATION; SOLAR CELL; STEADY STATE;

EID: 84881259869     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja405026x     Document Type: Article

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