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Journal of Nanomaterials
Volume 2015, Article ID 109865, 6 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/109865
Research Article

Enhanced Photovoltaic Properties of the Solar Cells Based on Cosensitization of CdS and Hydrogenation

Hongcai He, Kui Yang, Shuangshuang Ren, Tao Liu, and Ning Wang

State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices and School of Microelectronics and Solid-State Electronics, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China

Received 4 May 2015; Accepted 21 May 2015

Academic Editor: Xiaogang Han

Copyright © 2015 Hongcai He et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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