Quantitative study of solvent effects on electron injection efficiency for black-dye-sensitized nanocrystalline TiO2 films

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 93, Issue 6-7, 2009, Pages 698-703

  Katoh, Ryuzi ^a   Kasuya, Motohiro ^a   Furube, Akihiro ^a   Fuke, Nobuhiro ^b   Koide, Naoki ^b   Han, Liyuan ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^b SHARP CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Black dye; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron injection process; TiO2; Transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BLACK DYE; BUTYROLACTONE; DYE-SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INJECTION EFFICIENCIES; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; PROPYLENE CARBONATES; QUANTITATIVE STUDIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLVENT EFFECTS; TERPYRIDINE; TIME-RESOLVED MICROWAVE CONDUCTIVITY TECHNIQUES; TIO2; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION MEASUREMENTS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION; ACETONITRILE; CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PROPYLENE; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLVENTS;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 67349124388     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.09.006     Document Type: Article

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