Electrodeposited nanoporous versus nanoparticulate ZnO films of similar roughness for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 2, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3677-3685

  Guerin, V M ^a   Magne, C ^b   Pauporté, Th ^a   Le Bahers, T ^a   Rathousky, J ^c  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b SAINT GOBAIN RECHERCHE   (France)

^c J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; electrodeposition; impedance spectroscopy; nanoparticles; nanoporous layer; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTOR GROUPS; CELL PERFORMANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DYE SENSITIZATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; ELECTRON LIFETIME; EOSIN Y; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INDOLINE DYES; INNER LAYER; MATRIX; MESOPOROUS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NANO PARTICULATES; NANO-POROUS; NANOPOROUS LAYERS; NANOPOROUS ZNO; ORGANIC DYE; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOANODE; POLYPYRIDINES; POROUS FILM; POROUS MATRIXS; SOFT TEMPLATE; TRANSFER TIME; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODEPOSITION; FILM PREPARATION; METALLIC FILMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTROPLATING INDUSTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTROPLATING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79151470235     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am1008248     Document Type: Article

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