CTAB facilitated spherical rutile TiO2 particles and their advantage in a dye-sensitized solar cell

Solar Energy

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1042-1048

  Lee, Dae Un ^a   Jang, Song Rim ^a   Vittal, R ^a   Lee, Jiwon ^b   Kim, Kang Jin ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Samsung SDI   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CTAB; Dye sensitized solar cell; Spherical rutile TiO2

Indexed keywords

OXIDE MINERALS;

CTAB; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; RUTILE TIO; SPHERICAL RUTILE TIO2;

TITANIUM OXIDES;

DYE; FUEL CELL; HYDROLYSIS; POLYMER; SOLAR POWER; SURFACTANT; TITANIUM;

EID: 53349107863     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2008.04.006     Document Type: Article

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