Charge transport limitations in self-assembled TiO2 photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 698-703

  Docampo, Pablo ^a   Guldin, Stefan ^b   Steiner, Ullrich ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy and Charge Transport; Energy Conversion and Storage

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY AND CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSPORT LIMITATIONS; TRAPPED ELECTRONS;

BLOCK COPOLYMERS; ENERGY CONVERSION; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874877036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz400084n     Document Type: Article

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