Determination of sensitizer regeneration efficiency in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 8233-8242

  Li, Feng ^a   Jennings, James Robert ^a   Wang, Qing ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; impedance spectroscopy; incident photon to current efficiency; recombination; regeneration; transient absorption; working conditions

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION; REGENERATION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; WORKING CONDITIONS;

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SPECTROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84884924741     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403714s     Document Type: Article

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