Electrochemical characterization of TiO2 blocking layers prepared by reactive DC magnetron sputtering

Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry

Volumn 637, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 79-83

  Waita, Sebastian M ^a,b   Aduda, Bernard O ^a   Mwabora, Julius M ^a   Niklasson, Gunnar A ^b   Granqvist, Claes G ^b   Boschloo, Gerrit ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Redox mediators; Thin solid films

Indexed keywords

FILM PREPARATION; MAGNETRONS; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BLOCKING LAYERS; DEPOSITED FILMS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTION ANALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; FILL FACTOR; OPTICAL MEASUREMENT; REACTIVE DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; REDOX COUPLE; REDOX MEDIATORS; SPUTTERED FILMS; THIN SOLID FILM; TIO; UNDERLAYERS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77949311301     PISSN: 15726657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jelechem.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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