Introducing an intermediate band into dye-sensitized solar cells by W 6+ doping into TiO2 nanocrystalline photoanodes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16892-16895

  Tong, Zhengfu ^a   Peng, Tao ^a   Sun, Weiwei ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLAR CELLS;

DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INTERMEDIATE BANDS; MESOPOROUS TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINES; NOVEL CONCEPT; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TRACE AMOUNTS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84905455124     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500412e     Document Type: Article

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