Charge transport properties in TiO2 network with different particle sizes for dye sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1044-1052

  Park, Kwangsuk ^a   Zhang, Qifeng ^a   Myers, Daniel ^a   Cao, Guozhong ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transport properties; dye sensitized solar cells; impedance; nanoparticle size

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; COORDINATION NUMBER; DIFFERENT PARTICLE SIZES; DIFFUSION LENGTH; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LONG-TRAVEL; MEAN FREE PATH; MESOPOROUS TIO; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGICAL ASPECTS; MORPHOLOGICAL FACTORS; NANOPARTICLE NETWORKS; NANOPARTICLE SIZES; NANOSTRUCTURED NETWORKS; PARTICLE SIZE AND SURFACES; PHOTO-ANODES; SURFACE AREA; TIO; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

EID: 84873638711     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am302781b     Document Type: Article

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