Surface state recombination and passivation in nanocrystalline TiO 2 dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 25118-25126

  Pascoe, Alexander R ^a   Bourgeois, Laure ^a   Duffy, Noel W ^b   Xiang, Wanchun ^a   Cheng, Yi Bing ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTION-BAND STATE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; IMPEDANCE MEASUREMENT; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPIES (IMVS); RECOMBINATION KINETICS;

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM COATINGS; ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; CONDUCTION BANDS; DEPOSITION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REDUCTION; SURFACE STATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84889589731     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408055g     Document Type: Article

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