Effect of the electrophoretic deposition of Au NPs in the performance CdS QDs sensitized solar Cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 188, Issue , 2016, Pages 710-717

  Zarazua I ^a,c   Esparza, D ^a   Lopez Luke T ^a   Ceja Fdez, A ^a   Reyes Gomez, J ^b   Mora Sero I ^c   De La Rosa, E ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES EN ÓPTICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE COLIMA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Au Nanoparticles; Impedance spectroscopy; Quantum dots; Solar Cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD DEPOSITS; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AU NANOPARTICLE; CADMIUM SULFIDE QUANTUM DOTS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84950281704     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.127     Document Type: Article

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