A technique to compare polythiophene solid-state dye sensitized TiO2 solar cells to liquid junction devices

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 85-105

  Smestad, Greg P ^a   Spiekermann, Stefan ^b,f   Kowalik, Janusz ^c   Grant, Christian D ^d   Schwartzberg, Adam M ^d   Zhang, Jin ^d   Tolbert, Laren M ^c   Moons, Ellen ^e  

^a Sol Ideas Technology Development   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^f DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conductive polymers; Dye sensitized solar cells; Organic solar cells; Polythiophenes; Titanium dioxide (TiO2)

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE PLASTICS; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOCURRENTS; PYROLYSIS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SOL-GELS; SPIN COATING; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BANDGAPS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 0037441004     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0248(02)00252-0     Document Type: Article

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