Effect of TiO 2 mesoporous layer and surface treatments in determining efficiencies in antimony sulfide-(Sb 2S 3) sensitized solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 159, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Gui, Ee Ling ^a   Kang, Aik Meng ^a   Pramana, Stevin Snellius ^a   Yantara, Natalia ^a   Mathews, Nripan ^a   Mhaisalkar, Subodh ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY SULFIDE; CHEMICAL-BATH DEPOSITION; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; PHOTOANODE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SURFACE PORES; TIO;

AGGLOMERATION; EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTIMONY;

EID: 84857382988     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.007203jes     Document Type: Article

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