Doubling the power conversion efficiency in CdS/CdSe quantum dot sensitized solar cells with a ZnSe passivation layer

Nano Energy

Volumn 26, Issue , 2016, Pages 114-122

  Huang, Fei ^a,b   Hou, Juan ^c   Zhang, Qifeng ^b   Wang, Yuan ^b   Massé, Robert C ^b   Peng, Shanglong ^b   Wang, Huanli ^a   Liu, Jianshe ^a   Cao, Guozhong ^b  

^a DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS CdSe quantum dots; Charge recombination; Light absorption; Quantum dot sensitized solar cells; ZnSe passivation layer

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE SOLAR CELLS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PASSIVATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; PASSIVATION LAYER; PASSIVATION MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84969150645     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2016.05.012     Document Type: Article

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