Boosting the cell efficiency of CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cellvia a modified ZnS post-treatment

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 179-184

  Liu, Chunmei ^a   Mu, Lili ^a   Jia, Jianguang ^a   Zhou, Xiaowen ^b   Lin, Yuan ^b  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Lattice matching; Post treatment; Quantum dots sensitized solar cell; ZnS; ZnSe

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE;

CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; DEPOSITION CYCLES; LATTICE MATCHING; POST TREATMENT; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SUCCESSIVE ION LAYER ADSORPTION REACTIONS; ZNSE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84884585514     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.220     Document Type: Article

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