Outer-sphere redox couples as shuttles in dye-sensitized solar cells. performance enhancement based on photoelectrode modification via atomic layer deposition

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 49, 2008, Pages 19756-19764

  Hamann, Thomas W ^a,b   Farha, Omar K ^a   Hupp, Joseph T ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA DEPOSITIONS; ALUMINA LAYERS; ATOMIC LAYERS; ATOMIC-LAYER DEPOSITIONS; BLOCKING LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LIFETIMES; FERROCENE; FERROCENIUM; FLUORINE-DOPED; INTERFACIAL CHARGES; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; NANO PARTICLES; OXIDE SUBSTRATES; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PHOTO ELECTRODES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOVOLTAGES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; REDOX COUPLES; REDOX POTENTIALS; SURFACE STATE; ULTRATHIN COATINGS;

ALUMINA; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DYNAMICS; FLUORINE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 58149333739     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp807395g     Document Type: Article

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