Key aspects of individual layers in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells and novel concepts to improve their performance

Inorganica Chimica Acta

Volumn 361, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 635-655

  Karthikeyan, Chedarampet S ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Donor antenna dyes; Hybrid solar cells; Organic hole conductors; Solid state dye sensitized solar cells; Tetraphenylbenzidines

Indexed keywords

AMINES; ANTENNAS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYMERS; PORE SIZE; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DONOR ANTENNAS; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; ORGANIC HOLE CONDUCTORS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TETRAPHENYLBENZIDINES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 37349020601     PISSN: 00201693     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ica.2007.04.033     Document Type: Article

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