Revealing the Origin of Fast Electron Transfer in TiO2-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 138, Issue 26, 2016, Pages 8165-8174

  Wei, Hai ^a,b,c   Luo, Jun Wei ^a,b,c   Li, Shu Shen ^a,b,c   Wang, Lin Wang ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF SEMICONDUCTORS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRONS; MOLECULES; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

CONDUCTION BAND EDGE; EFFICIENT CHANNELS; ELECTRON TRANSFER RATES; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; RECORD EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE; SURFACE ENGINEERING;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; QUANTUM DOT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; HYDROGEN BOND; PARTICLE SIZE; POLARIZATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84978997461     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jacs.6b03524     Document Type: Article

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