The effect of a sol-gel formed TiO2 blocking layer on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3629-3633

  Cho, Tae Yeon ^a,b   Yoon, Soon Gil ^b   Sekhon, S S ^c   Kang, Man Gu ^d   Han, Chi Hwan ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^c GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Blocking layer; Dye sensitized solar cell; High efficiency; Photo anode; Sol Gel method

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGH EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ANODES; SOL-GEL METHODS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; FLUORINE; GELS; GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLATINUM; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 80055006343     PISSN: 02532964     EISSN: 12295949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5012/bkcs.2011.32.10.3629     Document Type: Article

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