Optimization of dye adsorption time and film thickness for efficient ZnO dye-sensitized solar cells with high at-rest stability

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Chang, Wei Chen ^a,b   Lee, Chia Hua ^b   Yu, Wan Chin ^a   Lin, Chun Min ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

At rest stability; Conversion efficiency; Dye adsorption time; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Film thickness; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DETERIORATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; FILM THICKNESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

AT RESTS; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE ADSORPTION; FABRICATION FACTORS; INITIAL EFFICIENCY; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SIGNIFICANT DETERIORATIONS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875294241     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-688     Document Type: Article

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