Hole trapping: The critical factor for quantum dot sensitized solar cell performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 44, 2014, Pages 25802-25808

  Abdellah, Mohamed ^a,b   Marschan, Rebecca ^c   Žídek, Karel ^a   Messing, Maria E ^a   Abdelwahab, Abdallah ^a   Chábera, Pavel ^a   Zheng, Kaibo ^a   Pullerits, Tõnu ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SOUTH VALLEY UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE INJECTION; DYNAMICS; ELECTRON INJECTION; ENERGY GAP; HOLE TRAPS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

BANDGAP MATERIALS; ELECTRON AND HOLE DYNAMICS; OPTIMUM PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949115809     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5086284     Document Type: Article

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