Plasma reduction of nanostructured TiO2 electrode to improve photovoltaic efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 161, Issue 14, 2014, Pages H896-H902

  Dao, Van Duong ^a   Larina, Liudmila L ^a,b   Choi, Ho Suk ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b EMANUEL INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMICAL PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRONS; METAL DRAWING; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILM CIRCUITS;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; NANO-STRUCTURED TIO2; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO2 FILM; PHOTO-VOLTAIC EFFICIENCY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923353522     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: 19457111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/2.0421414jes     Document Type: Article

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