Uniaxial freezing, freeze-drying, and anodization for aligned pore structure in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1487-1491

  Khaleghi, Evan ^a,b   Olevsky, Eugene ^a   Meyers, Marc ^b  

^a UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATION; DOCTOR BLADE METHOD; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES; HIGH CURRENTS; MICRO AND NANOSTRUCTURES; NANO SCALE; SEMI-CONDUCTOR SURFACES; SEMICONDUCTOR LAYERS; TECHNIQUES USED; TIO; VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS; DEWATERING; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILM PREPARATION; FREEZING; LOW TEMPERATURE DRYING; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILM DEVICES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SURFACE MORPHOLOGY;

EID: 67650034689     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03038.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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