Origin of enhancement in open-circuit voltage by adding ZnO to nanocrystalline SnO2 in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 109, Issue 38, 2005, Pages 17892-17900

  Niinobe, Daisuke ^a   Makari, Yuki ^a   Kitamura, Takayuki ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a   Yanagida, Shozo ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITANCE; CURRENT DENSITY; DYES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN COMPOUNDS;

DYE-SENTIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SURFACE POTENTIALS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 26844473337     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp051753g     Document Type: Article

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