Regenerative PbS and CdS quantum dot sensitized solar cells with a cobalt complex as hole mediator

Langmuir

Volumn 25, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 7602-7608

  Lee, Hyo Joong ^a   Chen, Peter ^a   Moon, Soo Jin ^a   Sauvage, Frédéric ^a   Sivula, Kevin ^a   Bessho, Takeru ^a   Gamelin, Daniel R ^b   Comte, Pascal ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Seok, Sang Il ^c   Gratzel, Michael ^a   Nazeeruddin, Md K ^a  

^a Chemistry Section   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDS; COBALT COMPLEXES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; ELECTRODE CONFIGURATIONS; HOLE SCAVENGER; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; MESOPOROUS TIO; METAL SULFIDES; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX MEDIATORS; SENSITIZED CELLS; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS;

ADSORPTION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CELL MEMBRANES; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SEMICONDUCTING CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; SODIUM; SOLAR CELLS; SOLUTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 67650089115     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la900247r     Document Type: Article

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