Nanotetrapods: Quantum dot hybrid for bulk heterojunction solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-8

  Tan, Furui ^a   Qu, Shengchun ^b   Li, Fumin ^a   Jiang, Qiwei ^a   Chen, Chong ^a   Zhang, Weifeng ^a   Wang, Zhanguo ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

Author keywords

CdSe QDs; CdTe NTs; HBH nanostructure

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM TELLURIDE; CHARGE TRANSFER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYBRID MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS;

BULK HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; CDSE QDS; CDTE; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ENERGY LEVEL DISTRIBUTION; HYBRID BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOVOLTAIC MATERIALS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84887299750     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-434     Document Type: Article

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