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Title: Bandgap Tunable Ternary Cd$$_x$$Sb$$_{2–y}$$S$$_{3−δ}$$ Nanocrystals for Solar Cell Applications

Abstract

We report the synthesis and photovoltaic performance of a new nonstoichiometric ternary metal sulfide alloyed semiconductor- CdxSb2-yS3-δ nanocrystals.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [3]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Institute of Nanoscience and Department of Physics, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung 402, Taiwan
  2. Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri 65211-7010, United States
  3. Department of Electronic Engineering, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Chung Hsing Univ., Taichung (Taiwan); Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China (MOST)
OSTI Identifier:
1580545
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1583098; OSTI ID: 1591987
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0019114; 107-2112-M-005-007
Resource Type:
Published Article
Journal Name:
ACS Omega
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Name: ACS Omega Journal Volume: 5 Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2470-1343
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
14 SOLAR ENERGY; 42 ENGINEERING; 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; solar energy; semiconductor

Citation Formats

Boon-on, Patsorn, Singh, David J., Shi, Jen-Bin, and Lee, Ming-Way. Bandgap Tunable Ternary Cd$_x$Sb$_{2–y}$S$_{3−δ}$ Nanocrystals for Solar Cell Applications. United States: N. p., 2019. Web. doi:10.1021/acsomega.9b01762.
Boon-on, Patsorn, Singh, David J., Shi, Jen-Bin, & Lee, Ming-Way. Bandgap Tunable Ternary Cd$_x$Sb$_{2–y}$S$_{3−δ}$ Nanocrystals for Solar Cell Applications. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01762
Boon-on, Patsorn, Singh, David J., Shi, Jen-Bin, and Lee, Ming-Way. Fri . "Bandgap Tunable Ternary Cd$_x$Sb$_{2–y}$S$_{3−δ}$ Nanocrystals for Solar Cell Applications". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b01762.
@article{osti_1580545,
title = {Bandgap Tunable Ternary Cd$_x$Sb$_{2–y}$S$_{3−δ}$ Nanocrystals for Solar Cell Applications},
author = {Boon-on, Patsorn and Singh, David J. and Shi, Jen-Bin and Lee, Ming-Way},
abstractNote = {We report the synthesis and photovoltaic performance of a new nonstoichiometric ternary metal sulfide alloyed semiconductor- CdxSb2-yS3-δ nanocrystals.},
doi = {10.1021/acsomega.9b01762},
journal = {ACS Omega},
number = 1,
volume = 5,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2019},
month = {Fri Dec 27 00:00:00 EST 2019}
}

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