Efficiency enhancement in ZnO:Al-based dye-sensitized solar cells structured with sputtered TiO2 blocking layers

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 6576-6585

  Alberti, A ^a   Pellegrino, G ^a   Condorelli, G G ^b   Bongiorno, C ^d   Morita, S ^c   La Magna, A ^d   Miyasaka, T ^c  

^a CNR IMM   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c TOIN UNIVERSITY OF YOKOHAMA   (Japan)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL ARCHITECTURES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY ENHANCEMENT; LOW TEMPERATURES; MESOPOROUS FILMS; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; SPUTTERING DEPOSITION;

ALUMINUM; CONDENSATION REACTIONS; EFFICIENCY; FILM PREPARATION; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84898070624     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp411811q     Document Type: Article

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