Infrared Colloidal Quantum Dot Photovoltaics via Coupling Enhancement and Agglomeration Suppression

ACS Nano

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 8833-8842

  Ip, Alexander H ^a   Kiani, Amirreza ^a   Kramer, Illan J ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^a   Movahed, Hamidreza F ^a   Levina, Larissa ^a   Adachi, Michael M ^a   Hoogland, Sjoerd ^a   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

colloidal quantum dots; infrared absorbing solar cell; photovoltaics; small band gap

Indexed keywords

CHARACTERIZATION; CHARGE TRAPPING; ENERGY GAP; HOLE MOBILITY; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SILICON WAFERS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; THIN FILMS;

AGGLOMERATION SUPPRESSION; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; ELECTRONIC CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; PHOTOVOLTAICS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLUTION-PROCESSED;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84942163232     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b02164     Document Type: Article

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