Phosphotungstic acid and WO3 incorporated TiO2 thin films as novel photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 499-507

  Li, Wenzhang ^a   Jin, Guanhua ^a   Hu, Haishi ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Yang, Yanghui ^b   Chen, Qiyuan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Phosphotungstic acid; TiO2; WO3

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CELL PERFORMANCE; CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOSPHOTUNGSTIC ACID; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; TIO; WO3;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84918586247     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2014.12.030     Document Type: Article

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