Ni Mg Mixed Metal Oxides for p-Type Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 44, 2015, Pages 24556-24565

  Zannotti, Marco ^a,c   Wood, Christopher J ^a,b   Summers, Gareth H ^a,b   Stevens, Lee A ^a   Hall, Matthew R ^a   Snape, Colin E ^a   Giovannetti, Rita ^c   Gibson, Elizabeth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMERINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

artificial photosynthesis; dye sensitized solar cells; nickel oxide; p type; photocathode

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION CATHODES; FILM PREPARATION; MAGNESIA; METALS; NICKEL; NICKEL OXIDE; PHOTOCATHODES; PHOTOCURRENTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOLAR CELLS;

ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; CHARGE EXTRACTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; LARGE PORE VOLUME; MIXED METAL OXIDE; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; P-TYPE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84946905984     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b06170     Document Type: Article

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