Band edge engineering of composite photoanodes for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 169, Issue , 2015, Pages 416-423

  Manthina, Venkata ^a   Agrios, Alexander G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

charge transfer; doping; nanocomposites; titanium dioxide; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CELL ENGINEERING; CHARGE TRANSFER; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANOMETALLICS; OXIDE MINERALS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS;

BAND-GAP EXCITATION; COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; CONDUCTION-BAND MINIMUM; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; ORGANO-METALLIC COMPLEXES; SEMICONDUCTOR NANOSTRUCTURES; THREE-ELECTRODE MEASUREMENT;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84928537836     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.080     Document Type: Article

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