Harnessing sun’s energy with quantum dots based next generation solar cell

Nanomaterials

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-47

  Halim, Mohammad A ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Lead sulfide; Light harvesting; Quantum dots; Solar energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885413474     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20794991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nano3010022     Document Type: Review

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