Mixed P25 nanoparticles and large rutile particles as a top scattering layer to enhance performance of nanocrystalline TiO 2 based dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 337, Issue , 2015, Pages 188-194

  Sun, Xiaohua ^a   Zhou, Xin ^a   Xu, Yalong ^a   Sun, Panpan ^a   Huang, Niu ^a   Sun, Yihua ^a  

^a CHINA THREE GORGES UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilayer; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron transport; Light harvesting; Scattering layer; TiO 2 photoanode

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT SCATTERING; MONOLAYERS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BI-LAYER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT-HARVESTING; PHOTO-ANODES; SCATTERING LAYER;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84925364815     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.02.090     Document Type: Article

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