Influence of niobium doping in hierarchically organized titania nanostructure on performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5091-5095

  Park, Jong Hoon ^a   Noh, Jun Hong ^b   Han, Byung Suh ^a   Shin, Seong Sik ^a   Park, Ik Jae ^a   Kim, Dong Hoe ^a   Hong, Kug Sun ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DSSC; Hierarchical; Niobium; PLD; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOCRYSTALS; BODE PLOTS; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CURRENT CHARACTERISTIC; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DSSC; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; FILL FACTOR; HIERARCHICAL; LIFE-TIMES; LIGHT-HARVESTING; MORPHOLOGICAL EFFECTS; NB DOPING; OPEN CIRCUIT CONDITIONS; PHOTOELECTRODE; SHUNT RESISTANCES; TARGET MATERIALS; TIO; TITANIA NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOSTRUCTURES; NIOBIUM; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; NIOBIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NIOBIUM; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84863940426     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: 15334899     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2012.4920     Document Type: Article

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