Increased Quantum Dot Loading by pH Control Reduces Interfacial Recombination in Quantum-Dot-Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 8321-8334

  Roelofs, Katherine E ^a   Herron, Steven M ^b   Bent, Stacey F ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; lead sulfide; nanostructured solar cells; quantum dot; SILAR; surface coverage; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; DEPOSITION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LEAD; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; STRESS ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LEAD SULFIDE; NANOSTRUCTURED SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM DOT; SILAR; SURFACE COVERAGES;

LOADING;

EID: 84940104953     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02853     Document Type: Article

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