Inspec keywords: zinc compounds; semiconductor thin films; X-ray diffraction; II-VI semiconductors; scanning electron microscopy; copper; wide band gap semiconductors; semiconductor doping; cadmium compounds; ultraviolet spectroscopy; solar cells; current density; nanofabrication; visible spectroscopy; transmission electron microscopy; semiconductor quantum dots

Other keywords: ultraviolet–visible absorption spectroscopy; copper-doped cadmium sulphide quantum dots; ZnO; solar cells; current density-voltage characteristics; transmission electron microscopy images; doped QD; CdS:Cu; optical absorption; sensitised zinc oxide photoelectrodes; photoconversion efficiency; poly-vinyl alcohol capping agent; Cu-doped CdS QDs; X-ray diffraction analysis

Subjects: Photoelectric conversion; solar cells and arrays; Semiconductor superlattices, quantum wells and related structures; Low-dimensional structures: growth, structure and nonelectronic properties; Doping and implantation of impurities; Electrochemistry and electrophoresis; Solar cells and arrays; Semiconductor doping