Comparison of TiO2 and ZnO solar cells sensitized with an indoline dye: Time-resolved laser spectroscopy studies of partial charge separation processes

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2505-2512

  Sobuś, Jan ^a   Burdziński, Gotard ^a   Karolczak, Jerzy ^a   Idígoras, Jesús ^b   Anta, Juan A ^b   Ziółek, Marcin ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE MATERIALS; BETTER PERFORMANCE; CHARGE SEPARATION PROCESS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FEMTOSECOND TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; LASER SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEAR PHYSICS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLORING AGENT; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; INDOLINE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TIME;

COLORING AGENTS; INDOLES; LASERS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84896787869     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la404782s     Document Type: Article

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