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Surface Passivation of Nanoporous TiO2 via Atomic Layer Deposition of ZrO2 for Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell Applications
American Chemical Society (2009)We report here the utilization of atomic layer deposition to passivate surface trap states in mesoporous TiO2 nanoparticles for solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on 2,2′,7,7′-tetrakis(N,N-di-p-methoxyphenylami ... -
Segmental dynamics in poly(ε-caprolactone)/poly(L-lactide) copolymer networks
Wiley (2009)Poly(ε-caprolactone) (PCL) and poly(lactic acid) (PLA) networks were prepared from macromonomer diols functionalized with methacrylic anhydride, which allows one to get self-crosslinkable polymers. Besides, both macromonomers ... -
Ion selectivity of a biological channel at high concentration ratio: insights on small ion diffusion and binding
American Chemical Society (2009)The ionic selectivity of the bacterial porin OmpF has been investigated in several chloride salts of alkali metal cations under a wide range of concentration ratios. We report a novel way of studying the several factors ... -
CdSe quantum dot-sensitized TiO2 electrodes: effect of quantum dot coverage and mode of attachment
American Chemical Society (2009)We have investigated the sensitization of nanoporous titanium dioxide by previously synthesized CdSe quantum dots (QDs) protected with trioctylphosphine. Covering the nanoporous TiO2 films with QDs has been achieved using ... -
Electron Lifetime in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Theory and Interpretation of Measurements
American Chemical Society (2009)The electron lifetime τn in dye-sensitized solar cells (DSC) is a central quantity to determine the recombination dynamics in the solar cell. It can be measured by several methods: impedance spectroscopy, IMVS, stepped ... -
Relaxation of Photogenerated Carriers in P3HT:PCBM Organic Blends
Wiley (2009)Relaxing in the sunlight. Long time-transient decays of photogenerated carriers in P3HT:PCBM blends for organic solar cells are interpreted in terms of the relaxation of hole carriers in a broad density of states. The ... -
Electron Transport in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Based on ZnO Nanotubes: Evidence for Highly Efficient Charge Collection and Exceptionally Rapid Dynamics
American Chemical Society (2009)Dye-sensitized solar cells based on ordered arrays of polycrystalline ZnO nanotubes, 64 μm in length, are shown to exhibit efficient electron collection over the entire photoanode array length. Electrochemical impedance ... -
Electron Transport and Recombination in Solid-State Dye Solar Cell with Spiro-OMeTAD as Hole Conductor
American Chemical Society (2009)We show that electron transport mechanisms in TiO2 solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells (SDSCs) with spiro-OMeTAD as hole conductor are similar to those of high-performance DSCs with liquid electrolytes and ionic liquids. ... -
Diffusion, exclusion, and specific binding in a large channel: A study of OmpF selectivity inversion
Elsevier (2009)We find that moderate cationic selectivity of the general bacterial porin OmpF in sodium and potassium chloride solutions is inversed to anionic selectivity in concentrated solutions of barium, calcium, nickel, and magnesium ... -
Perimeter leakage current in polymer light emitting diodes
Elsevier (2009)Observation of leakage current paths through the device perimeter in standard poly(phenylene vinylene)-based light-emitting devices is reported. Perimeter leakage currents govern the diode performance in reverse and low ... -
Trap-limited mobility in space-charge limited current in organic layers
Elsevier (2009)Space-charge limited current transport in organic devices, relevant to the operation of a range of organic optoelectronic devices, is analyzed in the frequency domain. The classical multiple trapping picture with one ... -
Localized versus delocalized states: Photoluminescence from electrochemically synthesized ZnO nanowires
American Institute of Physics (2009)We analyze the near-band-edge photoluminescence of electrochemically deposited ZnO nanowires and directly correlate the photoluminescence properties with the carrier concentration in the nanowires as determined from ... -
Impedance spectroscopy characterisation of highly efficient silicon solar cells under different light illumination intensities
Royal Society of Chemistry (2009)Highly efficient silicon solar cells have been characterised by impedance spectroscopy and current–potential characteristic in the dark and with different illumination intensities. For each illumination the impedance ... -
Random walk numerical simulation for hopping transport at finite carrier concentrations: diffusion coefficient and transport energy concept
Royal Society of Chemistry (2009)The random walk numerical simulation (RWNS) method is used to compute diffusion coefficients for hopping transport in a fully disordered medium at finite carrier concentrations. We use Miller–Abrahams jumping rates and ... -
Optical filters with fractal transmission spectra based on diffractive optics
Optical Society of America (2009)The duality between the axial irradiance distribution originated by any circularly symmetric diffracting aperture under monochromatic illumination and its diffracted spectral intensity at a fixed on-axis point under broadband ... -
Determination of gap defect states in organic bulk heterojunction solar cells from capacitance measurements
American Institute of Physics (2009)Energy distributions [density-of-states (DOS)] of defects in the effective band gap of organic bulk heterojunctions are determined by means of capacitance methods. The technique consists of calculating the junction capacitance ... -
Use of principal states of polarization of a liquid crystal device to achieve a dynamical modulation of broadband beams
Optical Society of America (2009)A spatially resolved polarization switcher operating over a bandwidth of 200 nm is demonstrated. The system is based on liquid crystal technology and no specific-purpose birefringent element is required. The procedure is ... -
Dielectric saturation of water in a membrane protein channel
Royal Society of Chemistry (2009)Water molecules in confined geometries like nanopores and biological ion channels exhibit structural and dynamical properties very different from those found in free solution. Protein channels that open aqueous pores ... -
Directional ion selectivity in a biological nanopore with bipolar structure
Elsevier (2009)Ion transport features of a biological nanopore, the bacterial porin OmpF from Escherichia coli, have been investigated by patch-clamp experiments performed at the single channel level. Membrane potential measurements done ... -
Near-IR sensitization of wide band gap oxide semiconductor by axially anchored Si-naphthalocyanines
Royal Society of Chemistry (2009)Near-IR dye sensitized solar cells are very interesting due to their potential applications in panchromatic cells, semi-transparent windows and in tandem cells. In this work we show the utilization of axially anchored ...