Improving open-circuit voltage in DSSCs using Cu-doped TiO 2 as a semiconductor

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 378-385

  Navas, J ^a   Fernandez Lorenzo C ^a   Aguilar, T ^a   Alcantara R ^a   Martin Calleja J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÁDIZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

band gap energy; Cu doped TiO 2; DSSCs; open circuit voltage; semiconductor nanostructures

Indexed keywords

BAND GAP ENERGY; DSSCS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INSTRUMENTAL TECHNIQUES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; REDOX PAIRS; RUTHENIUM COMPLEXES; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; TIO; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ENERGY GAP; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; RUTHENIUM; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84856303566     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127336     Document Type: Article

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