Avoiding diffusion limitations in cobalt(III/II)-Tris(2,2′- bipyridine)-based dye-sensitized solar cells by tuning the mesoporous TiO 2 film properties

ChemPhysChem

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2976-2981

  Tsao, Hoi Nok ^a   Comte, Pascal ^a   Yi, Chenyi ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cobalt; diffusion limitation; dye sensitized solar cells; redox couples; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DIFFUSION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE; PORE SIZE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TUNING;

CELL PERFORMANCE; DIFFUSION LIMITATIONS; DIFFUSION PROBLEMS; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; REDOX COUPLE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84865263218     PISSN: 14394235     EISSN: 14397641     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201200435     Document Type: Article

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