Effects of oxide nanoparticle size and shape on electronic structure, charge transport, and recombination in dye-sensitized solar cell photoelectrodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16791-16798

  Hosni, M ^a,b   Kusumawati, Y ^a   Farhat, S ^b   Jouini, N ^b   Pauporte Th ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SINTERING;

CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; CONTROLLED PROPERTIES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METAL OXIDE PARTICLES; OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SHAPE AND SIZE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84905443529     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412772b     Document Type: Article

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