Improved performance of dye-sensitized solar cells with compact TiO 2 blocking layer prepared using low-temperature reactive ICP-assisted DC magnetron sputtering

Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1807-1812

  Kim, Hyun Joong ^a   Jeon, Jae Deok ^b   Kim, Dong Young ^c   Lee, Jung Joong ^a   Kwak, Seung Yeop ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

^c Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrolyte blocking layer; Inductively coupled plasma assisted direct current magnetron sputtering; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

BLOCKING EFFECT; BLOCKING LAYERS; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DIRECT CURRENT MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; LOW TEMPERATURES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHYSICAL CONTACTS; SUBSTRATE HEATING; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865103031     PISSN: 1226086X     EISSN: 22345957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiec.2012.04.008     Document Type: Article

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