Controlled electron injection and transport at materials interfaces in dye sensitized solar cells

Materials Science and Engineering R: Reports

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 81-99

  Thavasi, V ^a   Renugopalakrishnan, V ^b,c   Jose, R ^a   Ramakrishna, S ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrolytes; Excitonic solar cells; Metal oxides; Nanofibers; Nanorods; Nanowires

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRIC WIRE; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONS; EXCITONS; GELATION; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; MATERIALS; METALS; NANOFIBERS; NANORODS; NANOWIRES; OXIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; SOLID ELECTROLYTES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS (DSSC); EXCITON GENERATION; EXCITONIC SOLAR CELLS; HOLE CONDUCTORS; HOLE PAIRS; LIQUID STATES; METAL OXIDES; NOVEL MATERIALS; RUTHENIUM (IV) COMPLEXES; SOLID STATES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 58549109182     PISSN: 0927796X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mser.2008.09.001     Document Type: Review

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