Theoretical analysis of built-in interfacial electric dipole field in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 18, 2013, Pages 9092-9103

  Dong, Cunku ^a,b   Li, Xin ^a   Zhao, Wei ^a   Jin, Pengfei ^a   Qi, Jingyao ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUILT-IN ELECTRIC FIELDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; HETEROGENEOUS INTERFACES; PHOTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ELECTRIC DIPOLE MOMENTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SEPARATION;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84877704471     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp312834n     Document Type: Article

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