Influence of cationic precursors on CdS quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell prepared by successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 51, 2013, Pages 26948-26956

  Zhou, Ru ^a,b   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Tian, Jianjun ^a   Myers, Daniel ^a   Yin, Min ^b   Cao, Guozhong ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM ACETATE; CONTROL EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOCURRENT SPECTRUM; POROUS OXIDE FILM; PRECURSOR SOLUTIONS; QUANTUM-DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SIMULTANEOUS SYNTHESIS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM; CADMIUM SULFIDE; DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION RATES; FILM PREPARATION; NITRATES; OXIDE FILMS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE FATTY ACIDS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84891435173     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp410615b     Document Type: Article

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