Formation of efficient dye-sensitized solar cells by introducing an interfacial layer of hierarchically ordered macro-mesoporous TiO2 film

Science China Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 930-935

  Du, Jiang ^a   Lai, Xiaoyong ^a   Halpert, Jonathan E ^a   Yang, Yu ^a   Wang, Dan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; hierarchical; ordered macro mesoporous; photoanode

Indexed keywords

DIRECT CONTACT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HIERARCHICAL; INTERFACIAL LAYER; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MULTIPLE INTERNAL REFLECTIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; ORDERED MACRO-MESOPOROUS; ORDERED STRUCTURES; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; ROUGHNESS FACTOR; SELF-ASSEMBLY METHOD; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FLUORINE; LIGHT REFLECTION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79958239253     PISSN: 16747291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11426-011-4288-9     Document Type: Article

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