Highly efficient solar cells using TiO 2 nanotube arrays sensitized with a donor-antenna dye

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1654-1659

  Shankar, Karthik ^a   Bandara, Jayasundera ^b   Paulose, Maggie ^a   Wietasch, Helga ^b   Varghese, Oomman K ^c   Mor, Gopal K ^a   LaTempa, Thomas J ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CHARGE-SEPARATED STATE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED; ELECTRON TRANSFERS; ILLUMINATION GEOMETRIES; INTERNAL SURFACE AREAS; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOTUBE AXIS; ONE-SUN ILLUMINATIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; OPTIMAL MATERIALS; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGES; RECOMBINATION LOSS; SPATIAL SEPARATIONS; SURFACE TRAPS; TI FOILS;

ANTENNAS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TEXTILE MILLS;

NANOTUBES;

COLORING AGENT; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 48449096252     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl080421v     Document Type: Article

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