Physical chemical principles of photovoltaic conversion with nanoparticulate, mesoporous dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 108, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 8106-8118

  Bisquert, Juan ^a   Cahen, David ^b   Hodes, Gary ^b   Rühle, Sven ^b   Zaban, Arie ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; GROUND STATE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

CHARGE COLLECTION; ELECTRONIC CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; QUASI-CHEMICAL POTENTIALS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 3042598977     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp0359283     Document Type: Review

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