Suppression of charge recombination rate in nanocrystalline SnO2 by thin coatings of divalent oxides in dye-sensitized solar cells

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 3093-3098

  Lee, Chaehyeon ^a,b   Lee, Gi Won ^a   Kang, Weekyung ^b   Lee, Doh Kwon ^a   Ko, Min Jae ^a   Kim, Kyoungkon ^a   Park, Nam Gyu ^c  

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

^b Soongsil University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge recombination; Core shell; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanocrystalline SnO2; Surface coating

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CORE-SHELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; NANOCRYSTALLINES; SURFACE COATING;

COPPER; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COATINGS;

EID: 78549290282     PISSN: 02532964     EISSN: 12295949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2010.31.11.3093     Document Type: Article

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