Single wall carbon nanotube/titania nanocomposite photoanodes enhance the photovoltaic performance of cadmium selenide quantum dot-sensitized solar cells

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 162-168

  Badawi, Ali ^a   Al Hosiny, N ^a,b   Abdallah, S ^a,c   Merazga, Amar ^a   Talaat, H ^d  

^a TAIF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b JOUF UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Benha University   (Egypt)

^d Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

CdSe quantum dot; Direct adsorption; Photovoltaic cells; Quantum dots sensitized solar cell

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SELENIDES; CDSE QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 84900458618     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2014.04.028     Document Type: Article

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