The impact of the electrical nature of the metal oxide on the performance in dye-sensitized solar cells: New look at old paradigms

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3931-3944

  Idïgoras, Jesüs ^a   Burdzinski, Gotard ^b   Karolczak, Jerzy ^b   Kubicki, Jacek ^b   Oskam, Gerko ^c   Anta, Juan A ^a   Ziöłek, Marcin ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON INJECTION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METALS; OXIDE MINERALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRICAL NATURE; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SINGLET AND TRIPLET STATE; TIME RESOLVED MEASUREMENT; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84923975598     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp512330f     Document Type: Article

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