Dye stabilization and enhanced photoelectrode wettability in water-based dye-sensitized solar cells through post-assembly atomic layer deposition of TiO2

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 31, 2013, Pages 11529-11532

  Son, Ho Jin ^a   Prasittichai, Chaiya ^a   Mondloch, Joseph E ^a   Luo, Langli ^b   Wu, Jinsong ^b   Kim, Dong Wook ^a   Farha, Omar K ^a   Hupp, Joseph T ^a,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE STABILIZATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTRODE; PORE FILLING; POST TREATMENT; STANDARD SOLUTIONS; TRANSPARENT METALS;

DEPOSITION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; STRIPPING (DYES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION;

ALCOHOL; DYE; METAL OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; ELECTRODE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PH; SOLAR ENERGY; STANDARD; WETTABILITY;

EID: 84881253515     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja406538a     Document Type: Article

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