Increasing the conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized TiO 2 photoelectrochemical cells by coupling to photonic crystals

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 6334-6342

  Halaoui, Lara I ^a,b   Abrams, Neal M ^a   Mallouk, Thomas E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILAYER ARCHITECTURE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; WAVELENGTHS;

BACKSCATTERING; CRYSTALS; ELECTRODES; FREE ENERGY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTONS; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SILICA; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

EID: 17044376713     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp044228a     Document Type: Article

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