An insight into the role of oxygen vacancy in hydrogenated TiO2 nanocrystals in the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 3754-3763

  Su, Ting ^a   Yang, Yulin ^a   Na, Yong ^a   Fan, Ruiqing ^a   Li, Liang ^a   Wei, Liguo ^a   Yang, Bin ^a   Cao, Wenwu ^a,b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

DSSCs; hydrogenation temperature; oxygen vacancy; photoanode; TiO2 nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FLOW OF GASES; HYDROGENATION; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DSSCS; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); HYDROGENATION TEMPERATURE; INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOCURRENT SPECTROSCOPY (IMPS); INTENSITY MODULATED PHOTOVOLTAGE SPECTROSCOPIES (IMVS); PHOTO-ANODES; TIO2 NANOCRYSTALS;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84923250817     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5085447     Document Type: Article

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