Depleted-Heterojunction Colloidal Quantum Dot Solar Cells Employing Low-Cost Metal Contacts

Authors :: Gerasimos Konstantatos
Ines Raabe
Mohammad Khaja Nazeeruddin
Mark T. Greiner
Armin Fischer
Michael Grätzel
Zheng-Hong Lu
Larissa Levina
Xihua Wang
Edward H. Sargent
Ratan Debnath
Andras G. Pattantyus-Abraham
Aaron R. Barkhouse
Jiang Tang
Illan J. Kramer
Source :: Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI.
Publication Year :: 2010
Publisher :: OSA, 2010.
Abstract: We present a solar cell architecture that simultaneously accentuates the benefits of lead chalcogenide colloidal quantum dots while addressing their shortcomings. The resulting 3-dimensional heterojunction exhibits over 5% power conversion efficiency.

Subjects :: Materials science
business.industry
Chalcogenide
Nanotechnology
Heterojunction
Hybrid solar cell
Quantum dot solar cell
Solar energy
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
chemistry
law
Quantum dot
Solar cell
Optoelectronics
Quantum efficiency
business

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