Incorporating carbon nanotube in a low-temperature fabrication process for dye-sensitized TiO2 solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 92, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1628-1633

  Lee, Kun Mu ^a   Hu, Chih Wei ^a   Chen, Hsin Wei ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Carbon nanotube; Dye sensitized solar cells; EIS; Low temperature fabrication; TiO2 electrode

Indexed keywords

CARBON FILMS; CARBON NANOTUBES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ELECTRONS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CHARACTERISTIC PEAKS; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTROLYTE INTERFACES; ELECTRON RECOMBINATIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LOW-TEMPERATURE FABRICATION; TRANSPORT RESISTANCE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 55349105094     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2008.07.012     Document Type: Article

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