Enhanced photovoltaic performance of solar cell based on front-side illuminated CdSe/CdS double-sensitized TiO2 nanotube arrays electrode

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 49, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 6392-6403

  Li, Zhen ^a   Yu, Libo ^a   Liu, Yingbo ^a   Sun, Shuqing ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANODIZATION METHOD; CDSE QDS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84904736612     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-014-8366-1     Document Type: Article

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