Acid versus base peptization of mesoporous nanocrystalline TiO2 films: Functional studies in dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 412-418

  Hore, Sarmimala ^a   Palomares, Emilio ^b,f   Smit, Herman ^c   Bakker, Nicolaas J ^c   Comte, Pascal ^d   Liska, Paul ^d   Thampi, K Ravindranathan ^d   Kroon, Jan M ^c   Hinsch, Andreas ^a,e   Durrant, James R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c TNO   (Netherlands)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

^e FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR SOLAR ENERGY SYSTEMS ISE   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FABRICATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM OXIDES;

OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEPTIZATION; POTENTIAL STEP CHRONOAMPEROMETRY; TRANSIENT LASER SPECTROSCOPY;

ACIDS;

ACID; DYE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AMPEROMETRY; ARTICLE; COLLOID; CRYSTAL; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FILM; NANOPARTICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 19944430849     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/b407963a     Document Type: Article

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