Influence of fluorine plasma treatment of TiO2 films on the behavior of dye solar cells employing the Co(II)/(III) redox couple

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 16760-16775

  Konstantakou, Maria ^a   Stergiopoulos, Thomas ^a   Likodimos, Vlassis ^a   Vougioukalakis, Georgios C ^a   Sygellou, Lamprini ^b   Kontos, Athanassios G ^a   Tserepi, Angeliki ^a   Falaras, Polycarpos ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SCIENCES   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINATION; FLUORINE; HALOGENATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSTATIC COUPLING; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION KINETICS; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; SURFACE FLUORINATION; THIN-FILM ELECTRODE; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

COBALT;

EID: 84905457050     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412766f     Document Type: Article

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