Effective blockage of the interfacial recombination process at TiO 2 nanowire array electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 22, 2013, Pages 11906-11912

  Jiang, Dianlu ^a   Hao, Yuanqiang ^a,b   Shen, Rujuan ^b   Ghazarian, Sevak ^a   Ramos, Angela ^a   Zhou, Feimeng ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; ferrocene ferrocenium; nanowire array; recombination blockage; silanization; surface passivation

Indexed keywords

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FERROCENES; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; RECOMBINATION BLOCKAGE; SILANIZATIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLIC FILMS; NANOWIRES; SILICONES; SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84889262132     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4036042     Document Type: Article

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