Improvement of photovoltaic efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cell by introducing highly transparent nanoporous Ti0 2 buffer layer

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 340-344

  Kim, Yong Joo ^a   Kim, Hark Jin ^a   Lee, Mi Hyeon ^a   Lim, Goo Ii ^a   Song, Hye Young ^a   Choi, Young Sik ^a   Park, Nam Gyu ^b   Lee, Chongmu ^a   Lee, Wan In ^a  

^a Inha University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; DSSC; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanoporous film; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

ANTIREFLECTIVE; BACK REACTION; BASIC CONDITIONS; DIRECT CONTACT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; NANO-POROUS; NANO-POROUS FILMS; NANOPOROUS FILM; NANOPOROUS TIO; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; SOLVOTHERMAL REACTIONS; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDES; TIO; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

BUFFER LAYERS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955078378     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2010.1528     Document Type: Article

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