Supercritical Synthesis and Characterization of Graphene-PbS Quantum Dots Composite with Enhanced Photovoltaic Properties

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 54, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 7382-7392

  Tayyebi, Ahmad ^a   Tavakoli, Mohammad Mahdi ^a,b   Outokesh, Mohammad ^a   Shafiekhani, Azizollah ^c   Simchi, Abdolreza ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c ALZAHRA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHANOL; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LEAD; NANOCRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION; PBS QUANTUM DOTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SUPERCRITICAL ETHANOL; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84938632561     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.5b00008     Document Type: Article

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