Characterization of the pore filling of solid state dye sensitized solar cells with photoinduced absorption spectroscopy

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2011, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Olson, Carol ^a   Veldman, Dirk ^a   Bakker, Klaas ^a   Lenzmann, Frank ^a  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

HOLE TRANSFER; PENETRATION LENGTH; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION; PHOTOINDUCED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; PORE FILLING; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SPIRO-MEOTAD; STEADY STATE; TRANSFER YIELDS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 80052651826     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2011/513089     Document Type: Article

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