Porous one-dimensional photonic crystals improve the power-conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 764-770

  Colodrero, Silvia ^a   Mihi, Agustín ^a   Häggman, Leif ^b   Ocaña, Manuel ^a   Boschloo, Gerrit ^b   Hagfeldt, Anders ^b   Míguez, Hernán ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RUTHENIUM; SILICON ON INSULATOR TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR EQUIPMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

1-D PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; ABSORPTION BANDS; DELETERIOUS EFFECTS; DYE-SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED ELECTRODES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; PC-BASED; PHOTOELECTRIC RESPONSE; PHOTONIC BAND-GAP; POWER-CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RUTHENIUM DYES; VISIBLE RANGES;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 60449118884     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.200703115     Document Type: Article

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