Charge generation in PbS quantum dot solar cells characterized by temperature-dependent steady-state photoluminescence

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 12814-12825

  Gao, Jianbo ^a   Zhang, Jianbing ^a,b   Van De Lagemaat, Jao ^a   Johnson, Justin C ^a   Beard, Matthew C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

charge transport; photoluminescence; quantum dot; solar cell

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DISSOCIATION; EXCITONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIER GENERATION; CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHONON ASSISTED TUNNELING; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT;

LEAD COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919725528     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn506075s     Document Type: Article

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