Channeling of electron transport to improve collection efficiency in mesoporous titanium dioxide dye sensitized solar cell stacks

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Fakharuddin, Azhar ^a   Ahmed, Irfan ^a   Khalidin, Zulkeflee ^a   Yusoff, Mashitah M ^a   Jose, Rajan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON CHANNELING; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LARGE AREA DEVICES; MESOPOROUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE; PHOTO-ELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; WORKING ELECTRODE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84899801721     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4864316     Document Type: Article

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