Enhanced performance of a solar cell based on a layer-by-layer self-assembled luminescence down-shifting layer of core-shell quantum dots<xref rid="cpb_27_12_127303_fn1" ref-type="fn">*</xref><fn id="cpb_27_12_127303_fn1"><label>*</label><p>Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2017PF011), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. E020701), and the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Binzhou University, China (Grant No. 2014Y10).</p></fn>

Enhanced performance of a solar cell based on a layer-by-layer self-assembled luminescence down-shifting layer of core-shell quantum dots**

Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province, China (Grant No. ZR2017PF011), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. E020701), and the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Binzhou University, China (Grant No. 2014Y10).

Liu Ni^{1, †}, Li Shu-Xin², Ye Ying-Chun¹, Yao Yan-Li¹

(color online) (a) EQE and (b) J–V curves of the Si-based solar cell coated with different numbers of bilayers. (c) and (d) Plane views of Si solar cell surfaces coated with ZnSe and ZnS QDs thin films of 20 BL, respectively.