Enhanced surface hydroxylation of nanocrystalline anatase films improves photocurrent output and electron lifetime in dye sensitized solar cell photoanodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 67, Issue , 2012, Pages 208-215

  Lee, Kee Eun ^a   Gomez, Mario A ^a   Charbonneau, Cecile ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DSSC; Electron lifetime; Surface hydroxyl

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; DSSC; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPIES (EIS); ELECTRON LIFETIME; ENHANCED SURFACE; EQUIVALENT SURFACE AREAS; FILM SURFACES; INTERFACIAL SURFACE; MESOPOROUS FILMS; MORPHOLOGICAL FEATURES; NANOCRYSTALLINE ANATASE; NANOCRYSTALLINE FILMS; NANOCRYSTALLITE SIZE; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; SURFACE HYDROXYL; SURFACE HYDROXYL GROUPS; TIO; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPIES (XPS);

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; HYDROXYLATION; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY;

EID: 84862803379     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.02.028     Document Type: Article

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