Influence of Sn source on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells (based on Sn-doped TiO2 photoanodes: A strategy for choosing an appropriate doping source

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 107, Issue , 2013, Pages 473-480

  Duan, Yandong ^a,b   Fu, Nianqing ^a,b   Zhang, Qian ^c   Fang, Yanyan ^a,b   Zhou, Xiaowen ^a   Lin, Yuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Different sources; Dye sensitized solar cells; Photoanode; Sn doped

Indexed keywords

ANTIMONY COMPOUNDS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; EIS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; PHOTO-ANODES; SN-DOPED; TETRAMETHYLTIN;

TIN;

EID: 84880183121     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.06.085     Document Type: Article

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