Electronic-insulating coating of CaCO3 on TiO2 electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells: Improvement of electron lifetime and efficiency

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 2912-2916

  Wang, Zhong Sheng ^a   Yanagida, Masatoshi ^a   Sayama, Kazuhiro ^a   Sugihara, Hideki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COATINGS; DYES; ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ANTIREFLECTIVE FILMS; DYE ADSORPTION; ELECTRONIC-INSULATING COATING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENTS;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 33745769499     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm0603102     Document Type: Article

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