Enhanced photovoltaic performance of quantum dot sensitized solar cells with Ag-doped TiO2 nanocrystalline thin films

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 2724-2729

  Ranjitha, A ^a   Muthukumarasamy, N ^a   Thambidurai, M ^b   Velauthapillai, Dhayalan ^c  

^a Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CDS QUANTUM DOTS; NANOCRYSTALLINE THIN FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOL-GEL DIP-COATING METHOD; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION STUDIES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84901950548     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-014-1935-x     Document Type: Article

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