Investigation of electron transfer processes involved in DSSC's by wavelength dependent electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (λ-EIS)

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 171, Issue , 2015, Pages 49-58

  Cisneros, Robin ^a,b,c   Beley, Marc ^b   Fauvarque, Jean François ^d   Lapicque, François ^c  

^a 10 Place de l'Hotel de Ville ^*  (France)

^b NANCY UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^d University of Paris Cité   (France)

Author keywords

DSSC; electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; electron transfer; light wavelength dependence; photon to electron; recombination processes

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACE STATES; LIGHT SOURCES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RUTHENIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DSSC; ELECTROCHEMICAL FEATURES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSFER PROCESS; EXCHANGE CURRENT DENSITIES; LIGHT WAVELENGTHS; RECOMBINATION PROCESS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84929174387     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.04.149     Document Type: Article

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