Simulation of photovoltaic performance in a thin film, hybrid heterojunction incorporating a nanoscale semiconductor spectral sensitizer

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8824, Issue , 2013, Pages

  De Valle, Scott A ^a   Kana Kana, Jean B ^a   Simmons Potter, K ^a,b   Potter Jr , B G ^a,b  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanostructure; Sensitizer; Thin film photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

NANOSCALE SEMICONDUCTORS; OUTPUT CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY SPECTRA; SENSITIZER; SPECTRAL CHARACTERISTICS; SPECTRAL SENSITIZERS; THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAICS;

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84886683017     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: 1996756X     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.2024210     Document Type: Conference Paper

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