The mechanism of iodine reduction by TiO 2 electrons and the kinetics of recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 3, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 1980-1984

  Richards, Caryl E ^a   Anderson, Assaf Y ^a,b   Martiniani, Stefano ^a   Law, Chunhung ^a   O'Regan, Brian C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; TIO; TRIIODIDE;

ELECTROLYTES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

IODINE;

EID: 84864740483     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz3006755     Document Type: Article

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