High-performance nanoporous TiO 2/La 2O 3 hybrid photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1289-1294

  Yu, Hua ^a   Xue, Bofei ^a   Liu, Porun ^a   Qiu, Jingxia ^a   Wen, William ^a   Zhang, Shanqing ^a   Zhao, Huijun ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

DSSCs; dye adsorption; electron transportation; TiO 2 La 2O 3 photoanode

Indexed keywords

DSSCS; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE LOADING; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSPORTATION; MODIFIED FILM; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NANOPOROUS TIO; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL; PASSIVATION LAYER; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES (SEM); SURFACE AREA; TIO; TUNNELLING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

ADSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LANTHANUM OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84859148663     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am2015553     Document Type: Article

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