Charge transport in dye-sensitized solar cells based on flame-made TiO 2 nanoparticles

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1641-1648

  Tsekouras, George ^a   Miyashita, Masanori ^b   Kho, Yung Kent ^c   Teoh, Wey Yang ^d   Mozer, Attila Janos ^e   Amal, Rose ^c   Mori, Shogo ^f   Wallace, Gordon G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^b TORAY INDUSTRIES INC   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^f SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electron diffusion coefficient (D); electron lifetime; flame spray pyrolysis (FSP); nanoparticle

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRAP; COMBUSTION ENTHALPY; DEGUSSA P25; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON LIFETIME; FEED FLOW RATE; FLAME CONFIGURATION; FLAME SPRAY PYROLYSIS; INTERBAND; LARGE PARTICLES; LIQUID PRECURSORS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS; TIO;

CHARGE TRAPPING; COMBUSTION; DIFFUSION; ELECTRONS; FLAME SPRAYING; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SOLAR CELLS; SPRAY GUNS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 78650073720     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2010.2049734     Document Type: Article

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