Analysis of electron transfer properties of ZnO and TiO2 photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 2261-2268

  Chandiran, Aravind Kumar ^a   Abdi Jalebi, Mojtaba ^a   Nazeeruddin, Mohammad K ^a   Grätzel, Michael ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

atomic layer deposition; cobalt complexes; dye sensitized solar cell; nanostructures; photovoltaic; titanium dioxide; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRON MOBILITY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; LOADING; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

COBALT COMPLEXES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSFER DYNAMICS; INTERNAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84896934257     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn405535j     Document Type: Article

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