Densely packed siloxane barrier for blocking electron recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 15, 2014, Pages 12422-12428

  Song, Donghoon ^a   An, Hyosung ^a   Lee, Jung Hyun ^a   Choi, Hyungwoo ^a   Park, In Sung ^a   Kim, Jong Man ^a   Kang, Yong Soo ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

coadsorbents; dense packing; dye sensitized solar cells; electron recombination; siloxanes

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; METABOLISM; SILICON COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UREA;

COADSORBENTS; DENSE PACKING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; SILOXANES;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 84906279592     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502327w     Document Type: Article

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