Kinetic evidence of two pathways for charge recombination in NiO-based dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 779-783

  D'Amario, Luca ^a   Antila, Liisa J ^a   Pettersson Rimgard, Belinda ^a   Boschloo, Gerrit ^a   Hammarström, Leif ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

fill factor; p type; transient absorption spectroscopy; trap states; valence band

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; NICKEL OXIDE; REACTION KINETICS; VALENCE BANDS;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; FILL FACTOR; HIGH-EFFICIENCY CELLS; P-TYPE; POSITIVE POTENTIAL; RECOMBINATION KINETICS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPIES; TRAP STATE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84929169285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b00048     Document Type: Article

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