Efficiency Enhancement of Quantum Dot Sensitized TiO2/ZnO Nanorod Arrays Solar Cells by Plasmonic Ag Nanoparticles

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 8, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 26675-26682

  Zhao, Haifeng ^a,b   Huang, Fei ^c   Hou, Juan ^a,b   Liu, Zhiyong ^b   Wu, Qiang ^a,b   Cao, Haibin ^a   Jing, Qun ^a   Peng, Shanglong ^c   Cao, Guozhong ^c  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (China)

^b SHIHEZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; localized surface plasmon resonance; quantum dot sensitized solar cells; TiO2; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; FERMI LEVEL; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; PLASMONICS; PLASMONS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; EXCITON DISSOCIATION; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOT-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO2; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84991392555     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b06386     Document Type: Article

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