Effects of Ligands on Charge Generation and Recombination in Hybrid Polymer/Quantum Dot Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 24733-24739

  Colbert, Adam E ^a   Wu, Wenbi ^a   Janke, Eric M ^a   Ma, Fei ^a   Ginger, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONJUGATED POLYMERS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; POLYMER BLENDS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; CARRIER RECOMBINATION; COLLOIDAL QUANTUM DOTS; HYBRID BULK HETEROJUNCTIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; TRANSIENT PHOTOVOLTAGE;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84946727184     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b07828     Document Type: Article

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