Air-Stable and Efficient PbSe Quantum-Dot Solar Cells Based upon ZnSe to PbSe Cation-Exchanged Quantum Dots

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 8157-8164

  Kim, Sungwoo ^a,b   Marshall, Ashley R ^a,c   Kroupa, Daniel M ^a,c   Miller, Elisa M ^a   Luther, Joseph M ^a   Jeong, Sohee ^b   Beard, Matthew C ^a  

^a NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

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

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

cation exchange; halide passivation; PbSe QDs; quantum dots; solar cells

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCRYSTALS; POSITIVE IONS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATION EXCHANGE REACTIONS; CATION EXCHANGES; NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY; PBSE QDS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; UV-VIS-NIR ABSORPTION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84940062600     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02326     Document Type: Article

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