Influence of surface disorder, oxygen defects and bandgap in TiO2 nanostructures on the photovoltaic properties of dye sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 194-209

  Das, Tapan Kumar ^a   Ilaiyaraja, P ^a   Mocherla, Pavana S V ^a   Bhalerao, G M ^b   Sudakar, C ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

^b UGC DAE CSR   (India)

Author keywords

Bandgap, DSSC, photovoltaic properties; Diffuse reflection spectroscopy; Kubelka Munk function; Oxygen vacancies; TiO2 nanostructures

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY GAP; HYDROGENATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; KUBELKA-MUNK; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SECOND ORDER SCATTERING; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SURFACE STRUCTURAL CHANGES;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84942518497     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2015.08.036     Document Type: Article

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