Plight of Mn doping in colloidal CdS quantum dots to boost the efficiency of solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 13404-13412

  Halder, Ganga ^a   Bhattacharyya, Sayan ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH KOLKATA   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; ELECTRON LIFETIME; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; IN-SITU DEPOSITION; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84935035948     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b01932     Document Type: Article

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