Electron transport and recombination in dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells fabricated without sintering process

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 112, Issue 51, 2008, Pages 20505-20509

  Mori, Shogo ^a   Sunahara, Kenji ^a   Fukai, Yosuke ^a   Kanzaki, Taisuke ^b   Wada, Yuji ^b   Yanagida, Shozo ^b  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; DIGITAL CAMERAS; ELECTRON DENSITY MEASUREMENT; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN GROWTH; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

COLLOIDAL SUSPENSIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORTS; HEATING PROCESS; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LOW LIGHTS; NANOPOROUS TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; SHALLOW TRAPS; SINTERING PROCESS;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 61349202822     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp8065629     Document Type: Article

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