AgInS2-ZnS quantum dots: Excited state interactions with TiO2 and Photovoltaic Performance

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 9, Issue 39, 2017, Pages 33379-33388

  Kobosko, Steven M ^a,b   Jara, Danilo H ^a,c   Kamat, Prashant V ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

AginS2; Electron transfer; Emission quenching; Quantum dots; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DISPLAY DEVICES; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EXCITED STATES; GRAPHENE QUANTUM DOTS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM ALLOYS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SILVER ALLOYS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC SULFIDE;

AGINS2; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON-TRANSFER RATE CONSTANTS; EMISSION QUENCHING; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 85029434240     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b14604     Document Type: Article

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