Control of solid-state dye-sensitized solar cell performance by block-copolymer-directed tio2 synthesis

Advanced Functional Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1787-1796

  Docampo, Pablo ^b   Guldin, Stefan ^a   Stefik, Morgan ^d   Tiwana, Priti ^b   Orilall, M C ^d   Hüttner, Sven ^a   Sai, Hiroaki ^d   Wiesner, Ulrich ^d   Steiner, Ulrich ^a,c   Snaith, Henry J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^d Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATED ELECTRONICS; BAND GAPS; BANDGAP STATE; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; DEVICE OPERATIONS; DIBLOCK COPOLYMER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ETHYLENE OXIDES; HIGH DENSITY; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; MOLECULAR HOLES; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TIO;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; COPOLYMERIZATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; ETHYLENE; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77952987954     PISSN: 1616301X     EISSN: 16163028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adfm.200902089     Document Type: Article

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