SnO2-Based dye-sensitized hybrid solar cells exhibiting near unity absorbed photon-to-electron conversion efficiency

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1259-1265

  Snaith, Henry J ^a   Ducati, Caterina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized; Organic; Solar cell; Solid state; Tin oxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORBED PHOTONS; BROAD SPECTRAL; CRITICAL CHALLENGES; DYE SENSITIZED; ELECTRICAL LOSS; FILL FACTOR; HYBRID SOLAR CELLS; INORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; MESOPOROUS TIN OXIDE; MOLECULAR HOLES; ORGANIC; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PARADIGM SHIFTS; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR LIGHT; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; LOSS PREVENTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTON; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTONS; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 77951037865     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl903809r     Document Type: Article

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