A nanostructure-based counter electrode for dye-sensitized solar cells by assembly of silver nanoparticles

Organic Electronics

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1641-1649

  Dong, Hua ^a   Wu, Zhaoxin ^a   Gao, Yucui ^a   El Shafei, Ahmed ^b   Jiao, Bo ^a   Dai, Yang ^a   Hou, Xun ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer characteristic; Counter electrode; Dye sensitized solar cells; Light reflection; Nanostructure; Surface Plasmon Resonance

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; HOT ELECTRONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; PLASMONS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRANSFER CHARACTERISTICS; TRANSPORT CHARACTERISTICS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84901931261     PISSN: 15661199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orgel.2014.03.004     Document Type: Review

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