Efficiency enhancement of ZnO-based dye-sensitized solar cells by low-temperature TiCl4 treatment and dye optimization

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 10949-10956

  Sakai, Nobuya ^a   Miyasaka, Tsutomu ^a   Murakami, Takurou N ^a,b  

^a TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON LIFETIME; POROUS ELECTRODES; POROUS SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84878354162     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp401106u     Document Type: Article

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