Enhancing the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on an organic dye by incorporating TiO2 nanotube in a TiO2 nanoparticle film

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 54, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4123-4130

  Lee, Kun Mu ^a   Suryanarayanan, Vembu ^b   Huang, Jen Hsien ^c   Thomas, K R Justin ^d   Lin, Jiann T ^d   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^c  

^a INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron transfer; Organic dye; TiO2 Nanotube

Indexed keywords

ANODIC PEAKS; CHARGE TRANSPORTS; CONFINED DIFFUSIONS; DYE SOLUTIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL-IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPIES; ELECTRON LIFETIMES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LIGHT INTENSITIES; LINEAR RELATIONSHIPS; MOLAR EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; OPEN-CIRCUIT VOLTAGES; OPTIMAL VALUES; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO-ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SCAN RATES; SEM; SOAKING TIME; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; TEM; TIO2 NANOTUBE; VOLTAMMETRIC; XRD;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ION EXCHANGE; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE DIFFUSION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 65249142832     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2009.02.052     Document Type: Article

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