An efficient titanium-based photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cell under back-side illumination

Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 226-231

  Tsai, Ting Ya ^a   Chen, Chih Ming ^a   Cherng, Sheng Jye ^a   Suen, Shing Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; nanostructure; photoanode; titanium

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICAL CONTACTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; HIGH SURFACE AREA; PHOTO-ANODES; PRE-TREATMENT; SCREEN-PRINTED; TI FOIL; TIO; TITANIUM-BASED;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874251524     PISSN: 10627995     EISSN: 1099159X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pip.1173     Document Type: Article

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