Dynamics of Interfacial Charge Transfer States and Carriers Separation in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: A Time-Resolved Terahertz Spectroscopy Study

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 47, 2015, Pages 26266-26274

  Brauer, Jan C ^a   Marchioro, Arianna ^a   Paraecattil, Arun A ^a   Oskouei, Ahmad A ^a   Moser, Jacques E ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; HOT ELECTRONS; MOLECULES; RUTHENIUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEPARATION; SOLAR CELLS; TERAHERTZ SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PRIMARY ELECTRONS; SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; TRANSIENT ABSORPTION; WIDE-BAND-GAP SEMICONDUCTOR;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84948650468     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06911     Document Type: Article

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