The influence of charge transport and recombination on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 290-299

  Wang, Mingkui ^a   Chen, Peter ^a   Humphry Baker, Robin ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Charge carrier recombination; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron transport; Impedance; Nanocrystalline TiO2

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); DYES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FREQUENCY RESPONSE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IONIC LIQUIDS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE CARRIER RECOMBINATION; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HETEROLEPTIC RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO2; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 58149529431     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200800708     Document Type: Article

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