Charge Transport and Recombination in a Nanoscale Interpenetrating Network of n-Type and p-Type Semiconductors: Transient Photocurrent and Photovoltage Studies of TiO2/ Dye/CuSCN Photovoltaic Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4342-4350

  O'Regan, Brian C ^a   Lenzmann, Frank ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COATINGS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; CURRENT DENSITY; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FERMI LEVEL; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIC STRENGTH; OXIDATION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE-SENSITIZED HETEROJUNCTIONS (DSH); ELECTRON CONDUCTORS; SOLID-STATE CELLS; VALENCE BAND;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 2342437997     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp035613n     Document Type: Article

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