ZnO nanosheet arrays constructed on weaved titanium wire for CdS-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-6

  Wu, Cuncun ^a   Wei, Lin ^a   Li, Yitan ^a   Liu, Chang ^a   Jiao, Jun ^b   Chen, Yanxue ^a   Mei, Liangmo ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS; Nanoparticles; Solar cells; ZnO nanosheets

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSHEETS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM; WIRE; ZINC OXIDE;

LOW-COST SOLAR CELLS; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84899619663     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-112     Document Type: Article

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