Organic-free Anatase TiO2 Paste for Efficient Plastic Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells and Low Temperature Processed Perovskite Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19431-19438

  Fu, Nianqing ^a,b,c   Huang, Chun ^c   Liu, Yan ^c   Li, Xing ^c   Lu, Wei ^c   Zhou, Limin ^c   Peng, Feng ^a   Liu, Yanchun ^b   Huang, Haitao ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Guangzhou Redsun Gas Appliances Co Ltd   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anatase TiO2; low temperature; organic free; perovskite solar cells; plastic dye sensitized solar cells; TiO2 sol

Indexed keywords

BINDERS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FILM PREPARATION; IRRADIATION; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANATASE TIO2; ANATASE TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE PROCESSING; LOW TEMPERATURES; ORGANIC-FREE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84940875494     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b05672     Document Type: Article

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