Iodide-Passivated Colloidal PbS Nanocrystals Leading to Highly Efficient Polymer:Nanocrystal Hybrid Solar Cells

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1897-1906

  Lu, Haipeng ^a   Joy, Jimmy ^a   Gaspar, Rachel L ^a   Bradforth, Stephen E ^a   Brutchey, Richard L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM IODIDE; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); LEAD COMPOUNDS; LIGANDS; NANOCRYSTALS; PASSIVATION; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERS; SEMICONDUCTING LEAD COMPOUNDS; SILICON SOLAR CELLS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS);

2 ,1 ,3-BENZOTHIADIAZOLE; COLLOIDALLY STABLE SUSPENSIONS; NANOCRYSTAL SURFACE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER DISSOLUTION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIME-RESOLVED PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84962088898     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: 15205002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemmater.6b00185     Document Type: Article

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