Electric fields control TiO2(e-) + I3- → charge recombination in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 18, 2014, Pages 3265-3268

  Sampaio, Renato N ^a,b   O'Donnell, Ryan M ^a,c   Barr, Timothy J ^a,c   Meyer, Gerald J ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF UBERLÂNDIA   (Brazil)

^c The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Energy and charge transport; Energy conversion and storage

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DIGITAL STORAGE; DYES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROLYTES; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITED STATES; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POSITIVE IONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATION REACTIONS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTH; ELECTRO-ABSORPTION; ENERGY AND CHARGE TRANSPORTS; ENERGY CONVERSION AND STORAGES; RECOMBINATION DYNAMICS; TIME-RESOLVED KINETICS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84990220151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19487185     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jz5016444     Document Type: Article

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