Charge transport properties in nanocomposite photoanodes of DSSCs: Crucial role of electronic structure

EPJ Applied Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Samadpour, M ^a   Taghavinia, N ^a   Iraji Zad, A ^a   Marandi, M ^b   Tajabadi, F ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b ARAK UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSIDE-ILLUMINATED; CELL EFFICIENCY; CHARACTERIZATION METHODS; DYE LOADING; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; INJECTED ELECTRONS; INJECTION EFFICIENCY; LOWER ELECTRON DENSITY; NANOROD LAYERS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE; PRECISE MONITORING; RECOMBINATION RATE; STEADY STATE; STRUCTURE OF COMPOSITES; SURFACE AREA; TIO; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COMPOSITE FILMS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84856470927     PISSN: 12860042     EISSN: 12860050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2011110270     Document Type: Article

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