Charge transport and recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells on plastic substrates

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 28, 2014, Pages 15154-15161

  Pascoe, Alexander R ^a   Huang, Fuzhi ^a   Duffy, Noel W ^b   Cheng, Yi Bing ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; GLASS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT AND RECOMBINATION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; FABRICATION TECHNIQUE; PHYSICAL MECHANISM;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84904580547     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503622h     Document Type: Article

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