Formation of N719 dye multilayers on dye sensitized solar cell photoelectrode surfaces investigated by direct determination of element concentration depth profiles

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 9431-9439

  Ellis Gibbings, Lilian ^a   Johansson, Viktor ^b   Walsh, Rick B ^c   Kloo, Lars ^b   Quinton, Jamie S ^a   Andersson, Gunther G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIRECT DETERMINATION; DIRECT METHOD; DYE LAYERS; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELEMENT CONCENTRATIONS; GROWTH MECHANISMS; N719 DYE; NEUTRAL IMPACT COLLISION; PHOTOELECTRODE; TITANIA; TITANIA SURFACES;

MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RUTHENIUM; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 84862850318     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la300077g     Document Type: Article

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