Metal Halide Solid-State Surface Treatment for High Efficiency PbS and PbSe QD Solar Cells

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Crisp, Ryan W ^a,b   Kroupa, Daniel M ^a,c   Marshall, Ashley R ^a,c   Miller, Elisa M ^a   Zhang, Jianbing ^a,d   Beard, Matthew C ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 84928553440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep09945     Document Type: Article

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