Electrochemical determination of the density of states of nanostructured NiO films

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 14988-14993

  Peiris, T A Nirmal ^a   Sagu, Jagdeep S ^a   Wijayantha, K G Upul ^a   García Cañadas, Jorge ^b  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cathodic dye sensitized solar cells; chemical capacitance; geminate recombination; photocathode

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATHODES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AEROSOL-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL CAPACITANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DETERMINATION; EXPONENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; GEMINATE RECOMBINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; RECOMBINATION EVENTS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84907835065     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am502827z     Document Type: Article

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