Long vertically aligned titania nanotubes on transparent conducting oxide for highly efficient solar cells

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 592-597

  Varghese, Oomman K ^a   Paulose, Maggie ^a   Grimes, Craig A ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; GLASS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDES; YARN;

ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; HIGH EFFICIENCY DEVICES; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; ORDERED NANOSTRUCTURES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TITANIA NANO-PARTICLES; TITANIA NANOTUBE ARRAYS; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTING OXIDE GLASS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; NANOTUBE; OXIDE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 70249099848     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.226     Document Type: Article

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