Improved efficiency of dye sensitized solar cells by treatment of the dyed titania electrode with alkyl(trialkoxy)silanes

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1296-1307

  Spivack, Jay ^a   Siclovan, Oltea ^a   Gasaway, Shellie ^a   Williams, Eric ^a   Yakimov, Aharon ^a   Gui, John ^a  

^a GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Ionic liquid electrolyte; Passivation; Recombination; Silane; TiO2

Indexed keywords

DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; PASSIVATION; SILANES; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IONIC LIQUID ELECTROLYTE; RECOMBINATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 33644968673     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2005.08.004     Document Type: Article

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