Tailoring band structure of ternary CdSxSe1-x quantum dots for highly efficient sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 20-29

  Zhou, Ru ^a,b   Wan, Lei ^a   Niu, Haihong ^a   Yang, Lin ^b   Mao, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Qifeng ^b   Miao, Shiding ^a   Xu, Jinzhang ^a   Cao, Guozhong ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

Graded band structure; Interfacial defects; Solar cells; Ternary quantum dot

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; DEFECTS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; NANOCRYSTALS; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; COMPOSITION TUNABLE; GRADED-BAND STRUCTURE; INTERFACIAL DEFECT; OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84967016931     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2016.04.049     Document Type: Article

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