Charge and energy transfer interplay in hybrid sensitized solar cells mediated by graphene quantum dots

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 306-315

  Mihalache, Iuliana ^a,b   Radoi, Antonio ^a   Mihaila, Mihai ^c   Munteanu, Cornel ^d   Marin, Alexandru ^d   Danila, Mihai ^a   Kusko, Mihaela ^a   Kusko, Cristian ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN MICROTECHNOLOGIES   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^c Honeywell Garrett Romania   (Romania)

^d INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Co sensitizer; Dye sensitized solar cell; Energy transfer; Graphene quantum dots

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY TRANSFER; GRAPHENE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; HYBRID CONFIGURATIONS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84918565274     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.11.200     Document Type: Article

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