One pot solvothermal synthesis of colloidal Cu(In1-xGax)Se2 (CIGS) quantum dots for solar cell applications

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 629, Issue , 2015, Pages 162-166

  Park, Jae Young ^a  

^a Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CIGS; Colloidal quantum dots; One pot synthesis; Quantum dot solar cells; Solvothermal process

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLS;

CIGS; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84922478937     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.12.219     Document Type: Article

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