Growth of oriented single-crystalline rutile TiO 2 nanorods on transparent conducting substrates for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 131, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3985-3990

  Liu, Bin ^a   Aydil, Eray S ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PERFORMANCE; CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EPITAXIAL RELATIONS; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; GROWTH PARAMETERS; GROWTH TIME; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; NANOROD FILMS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOGENERATION; REACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; RUTILE TIO; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE RUTILE; SYNTHETIC TECHNIQUES; TIO; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CELL MEMBRANES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC WIRE; FLUORINE; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; NANOWIRES; OXIDE FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANORODS;

DYE; FLUORINE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOROD; NANOTUBE; NANOWIRE; TIN OXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; FILM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 67749111685     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja8078972     Document Type: Article

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