Oxygen ion-beam irradiation of TiO2 films reduces oxygen vacancies and improves performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1012-1017

  Kim, Sung Ryong ^a   Parvez, Md Khaled ^a,b  

^a Chungju National University   (South Korea)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Defects; Film; Ion solid interactions

Indexed keywords

DYE ADSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FILM ELECTRODES; ION BEAM IRRADIATION; ION BEAM TREATMENT; ION-SOLID INTERACTIONS; OXYGEN ION BEAM; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; POROUS TIO; SURFACE AREA; TIO;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; BEAM PLASMA INTERACTIONS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEFECTS; HYDROPHILICITY; ION BEAMS; ION BOMBARDMENT; IONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXYGEN; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 79959475667     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2011.34     Document Type: Article

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