An interfacial and bulk charge transport model for dye-sensitized solar cells based on photoanodes consisting of core-shell nanowire arrays

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 46, 2011, Pages 18663-18672

  Hill, Justin J ^a,b   Banks, Nick ^a   Haller, Kelly ^a   Orazem, Mark E ^a   Ziegler, Kirk J ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b Mainstream Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TITANIA; BULK CHARGE; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LOSS; ELECTRON MIGRATION; FILL FACTOR; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; ORDERED ARRAY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; NANOTUBES; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REACTION RATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GEOMETRY; MORPHOLOGY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT;

EID: 83055186800     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja2044216     Document Type: Article

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