Polyoxometalate/TiO2 interfacial layer with the function of accelerating electron transfer and retarding recombination for dye-sensitized solar cells

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 150-156

  Wang, Shi Ming ^a,b   Liu, Lin ^a,c   Chen, Wei Lin ^a   Su, Zhong Min ^c   Wang, En Bo ^a   Li, Chao ^b  

^a NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Light Industry College   (China)

^c LIAONING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL LAYER; IR AND UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPIES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS (OCVD); PHOTO-ANODES; POLYOXOMETALATES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84892184550     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402074c     Document Type: Article

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