Wide frequency range diagnostic impedance behavior of the multiple interfaces charge transport and transfer processes in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 395-403

  Liu, Wei Qing ^a,b   Liang, Zhong Guan ^b   Kou, Dong Xing ^a   Hu, Lin Hua ^a   Dai, Song Yuan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b NANCHANG HANGKONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized; Impedance; Multiple interfaces; Solar cells

Indexed keywords

2 LAYER; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; CHARGE TRANSPORT PROCESS; COLLECTION PROCESS; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROLYTE SOLUTIONS; IMPEDANCE BEHAVIOR; IMPEDANCE CHARACTERISTICS; MULTIPLE ELECTRON TRANSFER; MULTIPLE INTERFACES; NERNST DIFFUSION; TRANSFER IMPEDANCE; TRANSFER PROCESS; TRANSPORT CHANNEL; WIDE FREQUENCY RANGE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84870664753     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.10.061     Document Type: Article

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