Morphologically controlled electrodeposition of CdSe on mesoporous TiO 2 film for quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 108, Issue , 2013, Pages 449-457

  Song, Xiaohui ^a   Wang, Minqiang ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Deng, Jianping ^a   Yang, Zhi ^a   Ran, Chenxin ^a   Yao, Xi ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cadmium selenide; Electrodeposition; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells; Thermal annealing; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CURRENT DENSITY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FILM GROWTH; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CADMIUM SELENIDES; ONE-STEP ELECTRODEPOSITIONS; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; THERMAL-ANNEALING; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84884232148     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.111     Document Type: Article

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