Heterojunction pbs nanocrystal solar cells with oxide charge-transport layers

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 10938-10947

  Hyun, Byung Ryool ^a   Choi, Joshua J ^a   Seyler, Kyle L ^a   Hanrath, Tobias ^a   Wise, Frank W ^a  

^a Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

electron transfer; excitonic solar cells; heterojunction solar cells; hole transfer; inverted solar cells; NiO photocathode; PbS nanocrystals; ZnO photoanode

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON TRANSFER; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSFER; INVERTED SOLAR CELLS; PBS NANOCRYSTAL; PHOTO-ANODES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PHOTOCATHODES; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84891352293     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn404457c     Document Type: Article

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