From flat to nanostructured photovoltaics: Balance between thickness of the absorber and charge screening in sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 873-880

  Boix, Pablo P ^a   Lee, Yong Hui ^b   Fabregat Santiago, Francisco ^a   Im, Sang Hyuk ^b   Mora Sero, Ivan ^a   Bisquert, Juan ^a   Seok, Sang Il ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT JAUME I   (Spain)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; nanostructured cells; photovoltaics; TiO 2 Sb 2S 3 P3HT

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CHARGE COMPENSATION; CHARGE SCREENING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; FILL FACTOR; HIGH EXTINCTION COEFFICIENTS; HOLE TRANSPORTS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL OXIDE ELECTRODES; METAL OXIDE FILM; NANO-POROUS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NOVEL STRUCTURES; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAICS; RECOMBINATION RATE; SENSITIZED CELLS; SOLAR PHOTONS; TIO;

ELECTRODES; HOLE MOBILITY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTORS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84856189357     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn204382k     Document Type: Article

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