Interface engineering in inorganic-absorber nanostructured solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 348-360

  Roelofs, Katherine E ^a   Brennan, Thomas P ^a   Bent, Stacey F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; EXTREMELY THIN ABSORBER SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; INTERFACIAL MODIFICATION; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM-DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELL TECHNOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SURFACE TREATMENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892749289     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz4023656     Document Type: Review

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