Laser-sintered TiO2 films for dye solar cell fabrication: An electrical, morphological, and electron lifetime investigation

IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 3179-3188

  Mincuzzi, Girolamo ^a   Vesce, Luigi ^a   Liberatore, Massimiliano ^a   Reale, Andrea ^a   Di Carlo, Aldo ^a   Brown, Thomas M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dye solar cells (DSCs); electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); electron lifetime; TiO2 laser sintering

Indexed keywords

DEVICE APPLICATION; DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL PARAMETER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY (EIS); ELECTRON LIFETIME; EMISSION MICROSCOPY; FLUENCES; LASER PROCESSING; LASER SINTERING; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; RASTER SCANNING; SEM IMAGE; STRONG CORRELATION; TIO; TIO2 LASER SINTERING;

ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER HEATING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SINTERING;

EID: 80052091289     PISSN: 00189383     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TED.2011.2160643     Document Type: Article

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