Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Chemical Reviews

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2015, Pages 12732-12763

  Carey, Graham H ^a   Abdelhady, Ahmed L ^b   Ning, Zhijun ^c   Thon, Susanna M ^d   Bakr, Osman M ^b   Sargent, Edward H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c SHANGHAITECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER TRANSPORT; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; THIN FILMS;

COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTING; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PASSIVATION STRATEGY; QUANTUM DOT SOLAR CELLS; SPECTRAL UTILIZATION;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84943599624     PISSN: 00092665     EISSN: 15206890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.5b00063     Document Type: Review

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