Chemical bath deposition of stoichiometric CdSe quantum dots for efficient quantum-dot-sensitized solar cell application

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 5664-5670

  Choi, Youngwoo ^a   Seol, Minsu ^a   Kim, Wooseok ^a   Yong, Kijung ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS SELENIUM; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; COUNTER ELECTRODES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATION; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM-DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOWIRES; OPTIMIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84897822758     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411221q     Document Type: Article

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