Charge recombination reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells by means of an electron beam-deposited TiO2 buffer layer between conductive glass and photoelectrode

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 518, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 7147-7151

  Manca, Michele ^a   Malara, Francesco ^b   Martiradonna, Luigi ^a   De Marco, Luisa ^a   Giannuzzi, Roberto ^b   Cingolani, Roberto ^a   Gigli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Buffer layer; Dye solar cells; Electron beam evaporation; Recombination; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; BACK TRANSFER; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CONDUCTIVE GLASS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON BEAM EVAPORATION; IODIDE ION; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRODE; POROUS TIO; QUANTUM CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; RECOMBINATION; STANDARD CELL; TIO; TRANSPARENT ELECTRODE;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON OPTICS; ELECTRONS; EVAPORATION; GLASS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BUFFER LAYERS;

EID: 77956229082     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.07.047     Document Type: Article

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