Enhanced electron lifetime of CdSe/CdS quantum dot (QD) sensitized solar cells using znse core-shell structure with efficient regeneration of quantum dots

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2297-2307

  Ahmed, Rasin ^a   Zhao, Long ^b   Mozer, Attila J ^b   Will, Geoffrey ^a   Bell, John ^a   Wang, Hongxia ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COATINGS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COATINGS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON-HOLE SEPARATION; PHOTO-INDUCED EXCITATION; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84949116916     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp510339z     Document Type: Article

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