Chemical capacitance of nanostructured semiconductors: its origin and significance for nanocomposite solar cells

The capacitance measured in dye-sensitised nanocrystalline TiO2 solar cells (DSSC) is interpreted in terms of a chemical capacitance, which is found to be a crucial feature for describing the dynamic operation of solar cells based on nanoscaled materials.

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