Crystalline Si/graphene quantum dots heterojunction solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5164-5171

  Gao, Peng ^a   Ding, Ke ^a   Wang, Yan ^a   Ruan, Kaiqun ^a   Diao, Senlin ^a   Zhang, Qing ^a   Sun, Baoquan ^a   Jie, Jiansheng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GRAPHENE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CRYSTALLINE SILICONS; ELECTRON BLOCKING LAYER; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY SOLAR CELLS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 84896382250     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412591k     Document Type: Article

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