Widely controllable electronic energy structure of ZnSe-AgInSe2 solid solution nanocrystals for quantum-dot-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 29517-29524

  Kameyama, Tatsuya ^a   Douke, Yusuke ^a   Shibakawa, Hiroko ^a   Kawaraya, Masahide ^b,c   Segawa, Hiroshi ^c   Kuwabata, Susumu ^d   Torimoto, Tsukasa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CROSSLINKING; ELECTRODES; INFRARED DEVICES; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTING SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

3-MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; ELECTRONIC ENERGIES; NEAR INFRARED LIGHT; PHOTOCURRENT ACTION; QUANTUM-DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; WAVELENGTH REGIONS;

SOLID SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84949115457     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp508769f     Document Type: Article

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