Ammonia treated ZnO nanoflowers based CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 151, Issue , 2015, Pages 531-536

  Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Park, Songyi ^a   Son, Min Kyu ^a   Kim, Hee Je ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CdS CdSe; nanostructure; Quantum dot sensitized solar cell; ZnO nanoflower

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EXCITONS; NANOFLOWERS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

AMMONIA TREATMENT; CDS; MULTIPLE EXCITON GENERATIONS; PHOTO-INJECTED ELECTRONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SUPPORTING MATERIAL; ZNO;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 84911478343     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.032     Document Type: Article

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