The effects of pyridine derivative additives on interface processes at nanocrystalline TiO2 thin film in dye-sensitized solar cells

Surface and Interface Analysis

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 809-816

  Yin, Xiong ^a,c   Zhao, Hui ^b,c   Chen, Liping ^a,c   Tan, Weiwei ^a,c   Zhang, Jingbo ^a   Weng, Yuxiang ^b   Shuai, Zhigang ^a   Xiao, Xurui ^a   Zhou, Xiaowen ^a   Li, Xueping ^a   Lin, Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Back electron transfer; Dye sensitized solar cell; Photovoltage enhancement; Pyridine derivative additives

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ELECTROLYTES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; PYRIDINE; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENT; PHOTOVOLTAGE ENHANCEMENT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE ADDITIVES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 35348996466     PISSN: 01422421     EISSN: 10969918     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/sia.2594     Document Type: Article

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