Performance of colloidal CdS sensitized solar cells with ZnO nanorods/nanoparticles

Anurag Roy, Partha Pratim Das, Mukta Tathavadekar, Sumita Das and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 210–221. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.23

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Supporting Information File 1: Additional Experimental Information. Quantitative EDAX spectrum and zeta potential measurement of synthesized colloidal CdS, I–V characteristics CdS-sensitized ZnO-P, ZnO-R and ZnO-R+P films, emission data on films and a table with performance details on different electrolytes.
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Performance of colloidal CdS sensitized solar cells with ZnO nanorods/nanoparticles
Anurag Roy, Partha Pratim Das, Mukta Tathavadekar, Sumita Das and Parukuttyamma Sujatha Devi
Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 210–221. https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.8.23

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Roy, A.; Das, P. P.; Tathavadekar, M.; Das, S.; Devi, P. S. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2017, 8, 210–221. doi:10.3762/bjnano.8.23

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