Characterization and formation process of highly crystallized single crystalline TiO2 nanorods for dye-sensitized solar cells

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 269-276

  Kurata, Takehiro ^a   Mori, Yasushige ^a   Isoda, Seiji ^b   Jiu, Jinting ^c   Tsuchiya, Katsumi ^a   Uchida, Fumio ^d   Adachi, Motonari ^a,d  

^a DOSHISHA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUJI CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amorphous phase; Dye sensitized solar cells; Formation process; Highly crystallized; Hydrothermal method; Titania nanorods

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS PHASE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FORMATION PROCESS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; TITANIA NANORODS;

AMORPHOUS FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRONS; FILM PREPARATION; NANORODS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DYE; NANOROD; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77953977928     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/157341310791171171     Document Type: Article

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