First-Principles Modeling of Core/Shell Quantum Dot Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 12739-12748

  Azpiroz, Jon M ^a,b   Infante, Ivan ^c   De Angelis, Filippo ^a  

^a CNR   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DEVICE ARCHITECTURES; FIRST PRINCIPLES MODELS; INTERFACIAL DIPOLES; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84930941925     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b02987     Document Type: Article

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