Direct correlation between ultrafast injection and photoanode performance in quantum dot sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 114, Issue 50, 2010, Pages 22352-22360

  Guijarro, Néstor ^a   Shen, Qing ^b,c   Giménez, Sixto ^d   Mora Seró, Iván ^d   Bisquert, Juan ^d   Lana Villarreal, Teresa ^a   Toyoda, Taro ^b   Gómez, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CDSE QDS; CELL PERFORMANCE; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION; MERCAPTOPROPIONIC ACID; NANO PARTICULATES; OXIDE MATRIX; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOPOTENTIAL; POLYSULFIDE SOLUTION; QUANTUM DOT; QUANTUM DOTS; RECOMBINATION RATE; SUBPICOSECOND; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT; TIO; TRANSIENT GRATING TECHNIQUE; ULTRA-FAST; ULTRAFAST CARRIER DYNAMICS;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACIDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON INJECTION; OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIRECT INJECTION;

EID: 79951641689     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp108499h     Document Type: Article

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