Surface design in solid-state dye sensitized solar cells: effects of zwitterionic co-adsorbents on photovoltaic performance

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2163-2172

  Wang, Mingkui ^a   Grätzel, Carole ^a   Moon, Soo Jin ^a   Humphry Baker, Robin ^a   Rossier Iten, Nathalie ^a   Zakeeruddin, Shaik M ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BUTYRIC ACIDS; CELL EFFICIENCY; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HOLE-TRANSPORTING MATERIALS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLAR MOIETIES; SURFACE DESIGN;

ACIDS; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CELL MEMBRANES; DERIVATIVES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FATTY ACIDS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

EID: 67650492423     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900246     Document Type: Article

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