CdS nanowire solar cells: Dual role of squaraine dye as a sensitizer and a hole transporter

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 3983-3991

  Choi, Hyunbong ^a   Kamat, Prashant V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

hole transfer; nanowires; photocurrent generation; solar cells; squaraine dye; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATION PROCESS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; HOLE-TRANSFER; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SQUARAINE DYES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84888332572     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz402306j     Document Type: Article

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