Heterovalent cation substitutional doping for quantum dot homojunction solar cells

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Stavrinadis, Alexandros ^a   Rath, Arup K ^a   García De Arquer, F Pelayo ^a   Diedenhofen, Silke L ^a   Magén, César ^b   Martinez, Luis ^a   So, David ^a   Konstantatos, Gerasimos ^a  

^a ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATION; QUANTUM DOT;

AMBIENT AIR; CATION; COLLOID; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

ABSORPTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; EMPLOYMENT; OSCILLATOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR CELL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84893373693     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3981     Document Type: Article

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