Thin single screen-printed bifunctional titania layer photoanodes for high performing DSSCs via a novel hybrid paste formulation and process

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 480-487

  Lee, Kee Eun ^a   Charbonneau, Cecile ^a   Demopoulos, George P ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composite; Energy material; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANATASE FILMS; BIFUNCTIONAL; BIFUNCTIONAL ELECTRODES; COMPETITIVE POWER; DIFFUSION RESISTANCE; DOUBLE LAYERS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; ENERGY MATERIALS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYBRID ELECTRODES; PASTE FORMULATIONS; PHOTO-ANODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SCATTERING PROPERTY; SCREEN-PRINTED; SEA URCHIN-LIKE; SINGLE LAYER; SLOW DIFFUSION; TITANIA; TITANIA LAYERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; MAMMALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873314440     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.359     Document Type: Article

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