Efficient spray-coated colloidal quantum dot solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 116-121

  Kramer, Illan J ^a,b   Minor, James C ^a   Moreno Bautista, Gabriel ^a   Rollny, Lisa ^a   Kanjanaboos, Pongsakorn ^a   Kopilovic, Damir ^a   Thon, Susanna M ^a,c   Carey, Graham H ^a   Chou, Kang Wei ^d,e   Zhitomirsky, David ^a   Amassian, Aram ^d   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b IBM CANADA LTD   (Canada)

^c Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^d KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ALBA SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Colloidal quantum dots; Photovoltaics

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATION; COATINGS; NANOCRYSTALS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; STATISTICAL PROCESS CONTROL;

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRONIC DEFECTS; FULLY AUTOMATED; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SPRAY COATING TECHNIQUES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLLOID; QUANTUM DOT;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUTOMATION; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; NEBULIZER; POWER SUPPLY; PROCEDURES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YOUNG MODULUS;

AUTOMATION; COLLOIDS; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEBULIZERS AND VAPORIZERS; QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPECTROSCOPY, ELECTRON ENERGY-LOSS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84912541167     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201403281     Document Type: Article

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