Oxygen-induced doping of spiro-MeOTAD in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells and its impact on device performance

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 4925-4931

  Cappel, Ute B ^a,d   Daeneke, Torben ^a   Bach, Udo ^a,b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c MELBOURNE CENTRE FOR NANOFABRICATION   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; hole conductor; light soaking; oxygen reduction; p doping; solid state; titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HOLE CONDUCTOR; LIGHT SOAKING; OXYGEN REDUCTION; P-DOPING;

ELECTROLYTIC REDUCTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

FLUORENE; FLUORENE DERIVATIVE; FLUORESCENT DYE; NANOMATERIAL; OXYGEN;

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

ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORENES; FLUORESCENT DYES; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84866342593     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl302509q     Document Type: Article

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