Enhancing the solar cell efficiency through pristine 1-dimentional SnO 2 nanostructures: Comparison of charge transport and carrier lifetime of SnO 2 particles vs. nanorods

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 72, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-198

  Wijeratne, Kosala ^a   Akilavasan, Jeganathan ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^b   Bandara, Jayasundera ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL STUDIES   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

1 D structures; Charge recombination; Charge transport; Dye sensitized solar cell; SnO 2 nanorods

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; FILL FACTOR; MESOPOROUS TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOANODE; SOLAR CELL EFFICIENCIES;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84861344559     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.04.016     Document Type: Article

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