Charge recombination reduction in dye-sensitized solar cells by depositing ultrapure TiO2 nanoparticles on "inert" BaTiO3 films

Materials Science and Engineering: B

Volumn 176, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1115-1122

  Zhong, Min ^a,b   Shi, Jingying ^a   Zhang, Wenhua ^a   Han, Hongxian ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Interfacial charge recombination; Trap states

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

% REDUCTIONS; ANATASE TIO 2; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FOUR CYCLES; INTERFACIAL CHARGE; INTERFACIAL CHARGE RECOMBINATION; TIO 2; TRAP STATE; ULTRAPURE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 79961128209     PISSN: 09215107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mseb.2011.05.052     Document Type: Article

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