Cation exchange at semiconducting oxide surfaces: Origin of light-induced performance increases in porphyrin dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 11885-11898

  Griffith, Matthew J ^a,c   Sunahara, Kenji ^b,d   Furube, Akihiro ^b,d   Mozer, Attila J ^a   Officer, David L ^a   Wagner, Pawel ^a   Wallace, Gordon G ^a   Mori, Shogo ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

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

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENTS; PORPHYRIN CHROMOPHORES; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; RELATIVE PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTING OXIDE SURFACES; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

CHROMOPHORES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOEXCITATION; PORPHYRINS; POSITIVE IONS; SOLAR CELLS; STRIPPING (DYES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

LITHIUM;

EID: 84879122218     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp3067712     Document Type: Article

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