Tuning Interfacial Electron Transfer in Nanostructured Cuprous Oxide Photoelectrochemical Cells with Charge-Selective Molecular Coatings

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 30, 2015, Pages 16133-16137

  Haynes, Keith M ^a   Kratch, Kaci C ^a   Stovall, Sean D ^a   Obondi, Christopher O ^a   Thurber, Casey R ^a   Youngblood, W Justin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

cuprous oxide; molecular coating; solar cells

Indexed keywords

CATHODES; COATINGS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS;

CUPROUS OXIDE; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; MOLECULAR COATINGS; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL BEHAVIOR; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; REORGANIZATION ENERGIES;

OXIDE FILMS;

EID: 84938613752     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03094     Document Type: Article

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