Pore-filling of spiro-OMeTAD in solid-state dye sensitized solar cells: quantification, mechanism, and consequences for device performance

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 2431-2436

  Ding, I Kang ^a   Tétreault, Nicolas ^b   Brillet, Jérémie ^b   Hardin, Brian E ^a   Smith, Eva H ^a   Rosenthal, Samuel J ^a   Sauvage, Frédéric ^b   Grätzel, Michael ^b   McGehee, Michael D ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FILLING FRACTIONS; MESOPOROUS TIO; PORE FILLING; SOLUTION CONCENTRATION; SPIN COATING PROCESS; TETRAKIS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; XPS DEPTH PROFILING;

DEPTH PROFILING; SPIN DYNAMICS; THICK FILMS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 68249122895     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200900541     Document Type: Article

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