Drift transport in Al2O3-sheathed 3-D transparent conducting oxide photoanodes observed in liquid electrolyte-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 19, 2014, Pages 9951-9957

  Liu, Fa Qian ^a   Zhu, Kai ^b   Li, Tao ^c   Xu, Tao ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

DIFFUSIVE TRANSPORT; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; FLUORINATED TIN OXIDES; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY (IMPS); LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE;

LIQUIDS;

EID: 84900831030     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502220m     Document Type: Article

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