Improvement of light harvesting by addition of a long-wavelength absorber in dye-sensitized solar cells based on ZnO and indoline dyes

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1298-1311

  Rudolph, Melanie ^a   Yoshida, Tsukasa ^b   Miura, Hidetoshi ^c   Schlettwein, Derck ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Chemicrea Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; METALLIC FILMS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR ABSORBERS; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE EXTRACTION; CO-SENSITIZATION; CURRENT-VOLTAGE CHARACTERIZATION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; OVERALL EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC ACTIVITIES; RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84949116226     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp511122u     Document Type: Article

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