Enhancement of photocurrent by columnar Nb-doped TiO2 compact layer in dye sensitized solar cells with low temperature process of dc sputtering

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 187, Issue , 2016, Pages 348-357

  Horie, Yuji ^a   Daizaka, Kazuhiro ^a   Mukae, Hiroki ^a   Guo, Shirong ^a   Nomiyama, Teruaki ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compact layer; Dye Sensitized Solar Cells; Nb doped TiO2; Sputtering; Time resolved Analysis

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; LOW TEMPERATURE OPERATIONS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM ALLOYS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM ALLOYS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPACT LAYER; DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; LOW- TEMPERATURE PROCESS; NB DOPED; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; REACTIVE DC MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; TIME-RESOLVED ANALYSIS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84948125779     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2015.11.054     Document Type: Article

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