Monte carlo random walk simulation of electron transport in dye-sensitized nanocrystalline solar cells: Influence of morphology and trap distribution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 3212-3218

  Ansari Rad, M ^a   Abdi, Y ^a   Arzi, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED NANOCRYSTALLINE SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; GEOMETRICAL EFFECT; MONTE CARLO; NANOPARTICLE NETWORKS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURED TITANIUM; RANDOM DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM WALK SIMULATION; TRAP DISTRIBUTIONS; VOLUME DIFFUSION;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; POROUS MATERIALS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84857067686     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp207907b     Document Type: Article

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