Highly efficient dye-sensitized solar cells based on nitrogen-doped titania with excellent stability

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 219, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 180-187

  Guo, Wei ^a   Wu, Liqiong ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Boschloo, Gerrit ^b   Hagfeldt, Anders ^b   Ma, Tingli ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electron transport; N doped titania; Photovoltaic performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 79954665487     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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