Comparison of Solid-State Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells with ex Situ and in Situ Grown PbS Quantum Dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 45, 2014, Pages 25853-25862

  Jumabekov, Askhat N ^a   Siegler, Timothy D ^a,b   Cordes, Niklas ^a   Medina, Dana D ^a   Böhm, Daniel ^a   Garbus, Pelle ^a   Meroni, Simone ^a   Peter, Laurence M ^c   Bein, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTACTS (FLUID MECHANICS); HETEROJUNCTIONS; ION EXCHANGE; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; QUANTUM THEORY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

ELECTRON LIFETIME; EXTERNAL QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPIES (IMVS); OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84928539099     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5051904     Document Type: Article

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