Newly designed dye-sensitized solar cells fabricated with double-layered TiO 2 (bottom layer)/B x-TiO 2 (top layer) combined electrodes for improved photocurrent

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 2862-2870

  Kim, Jieun ^a   Lee, Hyeonju ^a   Kang, Misook ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Double layered electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Photocurrent voltage (I V) curve; Recombination time

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BOTTOM LAYERS; DOUBLE LAYERED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODE ARRAYS; ELECTRON LOSS; OPTIMAL ELECTRODES; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCURRENT-VOLTAGE (I-V) CURVE; RECOMBINATION TIME; SECOND LEVEL; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; TIO; WORKING ELECTRODE;

CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARRAY; COATING; DYE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; FUEL CELL; OXIDE;

EID: 84865605802     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2012.06.028     Document Type: Article

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