Direct low-temperature growth of single-crystalline anatase TiO2 nanorod arrays on transparent conducting oxide substrates for use in PbS quantum-dot solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10324-10330

  Chung, Hyun Suk ^a   Han, Gill Sang ^a,f   Park, So Yeon ^a   Shin, Hee Won ^b   Ahn, Tae Kyu ^b   Jeong, Sohee ^c,e   Cho, In Sun ^d   Jung, Hyun Suk ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

^d Ajou University   (South Korea)

^e University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

^f University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

Author keywords

anatase TiO2; charge transport; depleted heterojunction solar cells; low temperature solution growth; nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLINITY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IV-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LEAD COMPOUNDS; NANORODS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TEMPERATURE; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES;

AMINE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ANATASE TIO2; HETEROJUNCTION SOLAR CELLS; LOW TEMPERATURE GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTION GROWTH; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84930202588     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00948     Document Type: Article

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