Dye-sensitized solar cells made with TiO2-coated multi-wall carbon nanotubes and natural dyes extracted from ipomoea

Materials Transactions

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2879-2884

  Chang, Ho ^a   Hsieh, Tung Jung ^a   Chen, Tien Li ^a   Huang, Kouhsiu David ^a   Jwo, Ching Song ^a   Chien, Shu Hua ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Ipomoea; Multi wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs); TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONDUCTIVE GLASS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRICITY EFFICIENCIES; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITION METHODS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INTERCONNECTIVITY; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCNTS); NANO-FLUID; NATURAL DYE; PHOTOELECTRODE; RAMAN SPECTRA; SEM IMAGE; SOL-GEL METHODS; TIO; UNIFORM SIZE;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; DEPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; FILM PREPARATION; GELS; INDIUM; ITO GLASS; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFLUIDICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS; THIN FILMS; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 74549130074     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.M2009203     Document Type: Article

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