ALD grown aluminum oxide submonolayers in dye-sensitized solar cells: The effect on interfacial electron transfer and performance

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 33, 2011, Pages 16720-16729

  Antila, Liisa J ^a   Heikkilä, Mikko J ^c   Mäkinen, Ville ^a   Humalamäki, Niko ^a   Laitinen, Mikko ^b   Linko, Veikko ^a   Jalkanen, Pasi ^a,d   Toppari, Jussi ^a   Aumanen, Viivi ^a   Kemell, Marianna ^c   Myllyperkiö, Pasi ^a   Honkala, Karoliina ^a   Häkkinen, Hannu ^a   Leskelä, Markku ^c   Korppi Tommola, Jouko E I ^a  

^a Nanoscience Center   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d Department of Materials Science and Engineering   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; ALUMINUM OXIDES; ANATASE FILMS; ANATASE SURFACES; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITED; ATOMIC SCALE ROUGHNESS; AVERAGE DISTANCE; BARRIER LAYERS; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; DEPOSITED LAYER; DEPOSITION CYCLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTION; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; EXPONENTIAL INCREASE; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PRECURSOR MOLECULES; RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; RUTHENIUM BIPYRIDYL; SENSITIZED FILMS; SUB-MONOLAYERS; TIME OF FLIGHT; TIO; TRIIODIDE; TUNNEL BARRIER;

ADSORPTION; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; CHARGE TRANSFER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON INJECTION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRONS; FILM PREPARATION; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ION EXCHANGE; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 80051933634     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp204886n     Document Type: Article

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