Dye solar cells without electrolyte or hole-transport layers: A feasibility study of a concept based on direct regeneration of the dye by metallic conductors

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 333-340

  Lenzmann, F O ^a   O'Regan, B C ^a   Smits, J J T ^b   Kuipers, H P C E ^b   Sommeling, P M ^a   Slooff, L H ^a   Van Roosmalen, J A M ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b SHELL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS INTERNATIONAL B V   (United States)

Author keywords

Au; Dye sensitized solar cells; Hole transport layer; Solid state

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; CURRENT DENSITY; DYES; ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRAPS; GOLD; HOLE MOBILITY; PHOTOCURRENTS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HOLE TRANSPORT LAYERS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SOLID STATES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 20444411194     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.631     Document Type: Article

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