Charge density dependent mobility of organic hole-transporters and mesoporous TiO2 determined by transient mobility spectroscopy: Implications to dye-sensitized and organic solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 3227-3233

  Leijtens, Tomas ^a   Lim, Jongchul ^b   Teuscher, Joël ^a,c   Park, Taiho ^b   Snaith, Henry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

charge carrier mobility; dye sensitized solar cells; organic semiconductors; photovoltaics; transient absorption spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INORGANIC SEMICONDUCTORS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; ORGANIC SOLAR CELL; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRANSPORT PHENOMENA;

CHARGE CARRIERS; CHARGE DENSITY; SEMICONDUCTING ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS;

HOLE MOBILITY;

COLORING AGENT; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84879125037     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201300947     Document Type: Article

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