Fabrication and efficiency enhancement of water-based dye-sensitized solar cells by interfacial activation of TiO2 mesopores

Electrochemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 310-316

  Saito, Haruhisa ^b,c   Uegusa, Sadao ^b   Murakami, Takurou N ^a   Kawashima, Norimichi ^a   Miyasaka, Tsutomu ^a  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Koito Manufacturing Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aqueous Electrolyte; Conversion Efficiency; Dye Sensitization; Green Chemistry; Solar Cell; UV Light

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DYES; ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE SENSITIZATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 3042647339     PISSN: 13443542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.72.310     Document Type: Article

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