Efficient Performance of Electrostatic Spray-Deposited TiO2 Blocking Layers in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells after Swift Heavy Ion Beam Irradiation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Sudhagar, P ^a   Asokan, K ^b   Jung, June Hyuk ^a   Lee, Yong Gun ^c   Park, Suil ^a   Kang, Yong Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b INTER UNIVERSITY ACCELERATOR CENTRE   (India)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Impedance spectroscopy; Interfaces; Ion beam irradiation; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTROSTATIC DEVICES; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; HEAVY IONS; INERTIAL CONFINEMENT FUSION; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; TIN;

CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRONIC ENERGY TRANSFER; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY DEPOSITION; FLUORINATED TIN OXIDES; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ION BEAM IRRADIATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; BLOCKING LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATIC SPRAY; FLUENCES; LOCAL MELTING; OXYGEN IONS; SHI IRRADIATION; SWIFT HEAVY IONS; TIO;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79952704099     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9763-2     Document Type: Article

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