Surface photovoltage spectroscopy of dye-sensitized solar cells with TiO2, Nb2O5, and SrTiO3 nanocrystalline photoanodes: Indication for electron injection from higher excited dye states

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 27, 2001, Pages 6347-6352

  Lenzmann, Frank ^a   Krueger, Jessica ^a   Burnside, Shelly ^a   Brooks, Keith ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a   Gal, Doron ^b   Rühle, Sven ^b   Cahen, David ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS (DSSC); SURFACE PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; ANODES; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DYES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONS; ENERGY GAP; FILMS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0035850350     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp010380q     Document Type: Article

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