Inhibiting Interfacial Recombination Events in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells using Self-Assembled Bilayers

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 27730-27734

  Ogunsolu, Omotola O ^a   Wang, Jamie C ^a   Hanson, Kenneth ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

bilayer; dye sensitized; open circuit voltage; recombination; self assembled

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; METALS; MOLECULES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BI-LAYER; DYE SENSITIZED; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; INTERFACIAL ELECTRON TRANSFER; RECOMBINATION; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SELF-ASSEMBLED BILAYERS; SPECTROELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84952361749     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08581     Document Type: Article

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