Thin film solar cells based on the heterojunction of colloidal PbS quantum dots with CdS

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 117, Issue , 2013, Pages 476-482

  Bhandari, Khagendra P ^a   Roland, Paul J ^a   Mahabaduge, Hasitha ^a   Haugen, Neale O ^a   Grice, Corey R ^a   Jeong, Sohee ^c   Dykstra, Tieneke ^a   Gao, Jianbo ^a,b   Ellingson, Randy J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOLEDO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CdS; PbS; Quantum dot; Solar cell; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; CDS; DEVICE DESIGN; LARGE OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; PBS; PBS QUANTUM DOTS; QUANTUM DOT; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84881490885     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2013.07.018     Document Type: Article

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