Enhanced efficiency in solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on fractal nanostructured TiO2 thin films

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Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 770-776

  Falaras, Polycarpos ^a   Stergiopoulos, Thomas ^a   Tsoukleris, Dimitrios S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Fractals; Nanostructures; Sol gel processes; Solar cells; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; NANO-STRUCTURED; NEW PROCESSES; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMISTRY; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COLORING AGENTS; FRACTALS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; NANOSTRUCTURES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; TITANIUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 47549087393     PISSN: 16136810     EISSN: 16136829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/smll.200700347     Document Type: Article

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