Enhancement of carrier mobility by electrospun nanofibers of Nb-doped TiO2 in dye sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 394-402

  Horie, Yuji ^a   Watanabe, Tomomitsu ^a   Deguchi, Makoto ^a   Asakura, Daisuke ^a   Nomiyama, Teruaki ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrospinning; Nanofibers; Time resolved analysis

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; ELECTROSPINNING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WEAVING;

DIFFUSION VELOCITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; PHOTOEXCITED CARRIERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CHARACTERISTICS; PULSE LASER IRRADIATIONS; TIME-RESOLVED ANALYSIS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878708652     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.05.037     Document Type: Article

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