Fast electron transport in metal organic vapor deposition grown dye-sensitized ZnO nanorod solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry B

Volumn 110, Issue 33, 2006, Pages 16139-16161

  Galoppini, Elena ^a   Rochford, Jonathan ^a   Chen, Hanhong ^b   Saraf, Gaurav ^b   Lu, Yicheng ^b   Hagfeldt, Anders ^c   Boschloo, Gerrit ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COLLOIDS; ELECTRODES; METALLORGANIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PORPHYRINS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MESOPOROUS FILM;

VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 33748522367     PISSN: 15206106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp062865q     Document Type: Article

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