Enhanced efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells using anodic titanium oxide nanotube arrays

Journal of the Electrochemical Society

Volumn 156, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Chen, Chien Chon ^a   Jehng, Wern Dare ^b   Li, Lu Lin ^c   Diau, Eric Wei Guang ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNITED UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIN YI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR MASS; ANODIC TITANIUM OXIDES; ANODIZATIONS; APPLIED VOLTAGES; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; CELL PERFORMANCE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FILL FACTOR; OPEN VOLTAGE; PHOTOCURRENT EFFICIENCY;

CELL MEMBRANES; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROLYTES; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM OXIDES;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 68049121748     PISSN: 00134651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3153288     Document Type: Article

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