Rapid synthesis of nanostructured metal-oxide films for solar energy applications by a flame aerosol reactor (FLAR)

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6650, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Thimsen, Elijah ^a   Rastgar, Neema ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol reactors; Controlled morphology; Dye sensitized solar cells; Morphology performance correlation; Nanostructured thin films; Photo splitting; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED THIN FILMS;

ABSORPTION; AEROSOLS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 42149133290     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.733982     Document Type: Conference Paper

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