Semiconductor quantum dot based nanocomposite solar cells

Organic Photovoltaics: Mechanisms, Materials, and Devices

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 331-350

  Wu, Marvin H ^a   Ueda, Akira ^a   Mu, Richard ^a  

^a FISK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite solar cells; Nanowires; Photoelectrochemical cells; Quantum dots

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SOLAR CELLS;

BULK SEMICONDUCTORS; CELL DESIGN; CELL RESEARCH; LIGHT ABSORBERS; POLYMER COMPOSITE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRIMARY SOURCES; TRANSPORT NETWORKS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85051770557     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1201/9781420026351     Document Type: Chapter

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