Calcium carbonate electronic-insulating layers improve the charge collection efficiency of tin oxide photoelectrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 167, Issue , 2015, Pages 379-387

  Shaikh, Shoyebmohamad F ^a,b   Mane, Rajaram S ^a   Hwang, Yun Jeong ^a,b   Joo, Oh Shim ^a,b  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b University of Science and Technology (UST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Charge collection efficiency; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hydrothermal synthesis; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

CALCITE; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PASSIVATION; TIN OXIDES;

CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; INSULATING LAYERS; NEGATIVE SHIFT; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SURFACE PASSIVATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84926388165     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.03.086     Document Type: Article

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