Enhanced power conversion efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells with TiO2 aggregates/nanocrystallites mixed photoelectrodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1960-1966

  Xi, Junting ^a,b   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Park, Kwangsuk ^a   Sun, Yueming ^b   Cao, Guozhong ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Aggregates; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron transport; Light scattering; Mixed photoelectrode

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; MIXED AGGREGATES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTRODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING LAYER; TIO;

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCRYSTALLITES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REFRACTION; SCATTERING; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79551513234     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2010.11.054     Document Type: Article

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