Surface treatment of TiO2 films by pulse plasma for dye-sensitized solar cells application

IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science

Volumn 35, Issue 4 II, 2007, Pages 1010-1013

  Yuji, Toshifumi ^a,b   Sung, Youl Moon ^c  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b HIROSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF MARITIME TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Kyungsung University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSCs); Plasma jet; Pulse plasma; Surface treatment; TiO2 film

Indexed keywords

PLASMA JETS; SOLAR CELLS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FLUORINE-DOPE-TIN-OXIDE MEMBRANE;

METALLIC FILMS;

EID: 34548243179     PISSN: 00933813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TPS.2007.896918     Document Type: Conference Paper

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