Dye-sensitized solar cells based on nanostructured semiconductor oxide ceramics with ultra-thin barrier layers

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-131

  Tennakone, K ^a,b   Apsonsu, G L M P ^c   Ariyasinghe, Y P Y P ^c   Buchanan, R C ^a   Perera, V P S ^c   Tennakone, H ^a   Wijayarathna, T R C K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^c INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Alkaline earth stannates; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanostructured ceramics; Tin oxide; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH; ALKALINE EARTH STANNATES; BAND GAPS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES; ELECTRON MASS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED CERAMICS; NANOSTRUCTURED SEMICONDUCTOR; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTOR; PROTOTYPE DEVICES; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; SPACE CHARGE LAYERS; STABLE OXIDES; STANNATES; SUPER CAPACITOR; TIO; ULTRA-THIN BARRIERS; VOLUME RATIO; ZNO;

ALKALINE EARTH METALS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES; TIN; TIN DIOXIDE; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79952827457     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2010.488561     Document Type: Conference Paper

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