Development of nonstoichiometric CuInS2 as a light-harvesting photoanode and catalytic photocathode in a sensitized solar cell

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 22272-22281

  Chang, Jia Yaw ^a   Chang, Shueh Chien ^a   Tzing, Shin Hwa ^a   Li, Chen Hei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

counter electrode; CuInS2; light harvesting sensitizer; nonstoichiometric ratio; quantum dots sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; COPPER METALLOGRAPHY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; MOLAR RATIO; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATHODES; PLATINUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COUNTER ELECTRODES; CUINS2; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NON-STOICHIOMETRIC RATIO; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84919880973     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5061992     Document Type: Article

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