Computer simulations of charge transport in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline photovoltaic cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 105, Issue 20, 2001, Pages 4577-4583

  Usami, Akira ^a,b   Ozaki, Hajime ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ELECTRIC POWER INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION; NANOCRYSTALLINE ELECTRODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; RECOMBINATION PROCESSES; SHOCKLEY-READ MODEL;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DIFFUSION; DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRAPS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMAL EFFECTS;

PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS;

EID: 0035942933     PISSN: 10895647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0036801     Document Type: Article

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