Charge-transfer processes in dye-sensitized NiO solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 41, 2008, Pages 16134-16139

  Mori, Shogo ^a   Fukuda, Shunya ^a   Sumikura, Seiichi ^a   Takeda, Yoshihiro ^a   Tamaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Eiji ^a   Abe, Takao ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON INJECTION; GROUND STATE; HOLE TRAPS; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; MONOCHROMATORS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; VALENCE BANDS;

ABSORBED PHOTONS; ADSORBED DYES; AT WAVELENGTHS; CATHODIC CURRENTS; CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ENERGY DIFFERENCES; HOLE DIFFUSIONS; HOLE INJECTIONS; LIFE-TIMES; LIGHT INTENSITIES; MAJOR FACTORS; MOLECULAR ORBITAL CALCULATIONS; MONOCHROMATIC LIGHTS; ORGANIC DYES; OXIDATION POTENTIALS; TRANSFER PROCESSES; VALENCE BAND EDGES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 55149093013     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp803919b     Document Type: Article

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