Dye-sensitized solar cells based on oriented TiO2 nanotube arrays: Transport, trapping, and transfer of electrons

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 130, Issue 40, 2008, Pages 13364-13372

  Jennings, James R ^a   Ghicov, Andrei ^b   Peter, Laurence M ^a   Schmuki, Patrik ^b   Walker, Alison B ^c  

^a University of Bath Claverton Down   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ELECTRIC FAULT LOCATION; ELECTRON TRAPS; ELECTRON TUBES; EXPERIMENTS; NANOPORES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

BACK TRANSFER; CHARGE EXTRACTION; COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DIFFUSION CO-EFFICIENT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FREE ELECTRONS; NANOSTRUCTURED TITANIA; NANOTUBE CELLS; NANOTUBE FILMS; ORDERED ARRAYS; PHOTO-INJECTED ELECTRONS; SHORT-CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; TITANIA NANO TUBES; TRANSIENT CURRENT; TRAP DISTRIBUTIONS;

ELECTRONS;

DYE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXTRACTION; FILM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MEASUREMENT; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 53549124719     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja804852z     Document Type: Article

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