Simulation of steady-state characteristics of dye-sensitized solar cells and the interpretation of the diffusion length

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 450-456

  Bisquert, Juan ^a   Mora Seró, Iván ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

Energy conversion and storage

Indexed keywords

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EQUATION BASED; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; FREE CARRIERS; HOMOGENEOUS CONDITIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPERATION MECHANISM; PHOTOVOLTAIC RESPONSE; QUANTITATIVE MODELING; SIMULATION TOOL; SMALL PERTURBATIONS; STEADY STATE CHARACTERISTICS;

CARRIER LIFETIME; DIFFUSION; ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77149141458     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz900297b     Document Type: Article

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