Evidence for "slow" electron injection in commercially relevant dye-sensitized solar cells by vis-NIR and IR pump-probe spectroscopy

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 48, 2013, Pages 25317-25324

  Juozapavicius, Mindaugas ^a   Kaucikas, Marius ^a   Dimitrov, Stoichko D ^a   Barnes, Piers R F ^a   Van Thor, Jasper J ^a   O'Regan, Brian C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION CO-EFFICIENT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; IR PUMP-PROBE SPECTROSCOPY; ISOSBESTIC POINT; NANOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

ELECTRON INJECTION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WAVELENGTH;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84890420022     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp408989q     Document Type: Article

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