Plasmon-enhanced photocurrent generation in quantum dots-sensitized solar cells by coupling of gold nanocrystals

Science Bulletin

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 541-548

  Cheng, Ke ^a   Wu, Yangqing ^a   Meng, Jian ^a   Zhao, Yaolong ^a   Wang, Xiaoyun ^a   Du, Zuliang ^a  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrochemical techniques; Interfaces; Nanostructures; Plasmons; Transport properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941137175     PISSN: 20959273     EISSN: 20959281     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-015-0743-x     Document Type: Article

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