Investigation of the role of Mn dopant in CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cell

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 191, Issue , 2016, Pages 62-69

  Shen, Ting ^a   Tian, Jianjun ^a   Lv, Lili ^a   Fei, Chengbin ^b   Wang, Yajie ^b   Pullerits, Tönu ^c   Cao, Guozhong ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

CdS; Efficiency; Mn; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CDS; CDS QUANTUM DOTS(QDS); CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON TRANSPORT RATE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84955510385     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2016.01.056     Document Type: Article

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