Antimony-doped tin oxide aerogels as porous electron collectors for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 17028-17035

  Correa Baena, Juan Pablo ^a   Agrios, Alexander G ^a  

^a University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC LAYER DEPOSITION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SCAFFOLDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTIMONY DOPED TIN OXIDES (ATO); ANTIMONY-DOPED TIN OXIDE; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON COLLECTORS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTIC; SOL-GEL PROCESSING; SUPERCRITICAL DRYING;

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EID: 84905485720     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp500542v     Document Type: Article

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