Universal Features of Electron Dynamics in Solar Cells with TiO2 Contact: From Dye Solar Cells to Perovskite Solar Cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 3923-3930

  Todinova, Anna ^a   Idígoras, Jesús ^a   Salado, Manuel ^b   Kazim, Samrana ^b   Anta, Juan A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^b ABENGOA RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; perovskite; solar cells; TiO2

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HIGH-K DIELECTRIC; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PEROVSKITE; PEROVSKITE SOLAR CELLS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTINUITY EQUATIONS; CURRENT VOLTAGE CURVE; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; ELECTRON DYNAMICS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EXPONENTIAL TRENDS; TIO2; UNIVERSAL BEHAVIORS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84942865352     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.5b01696     Document Type: Article

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