Single walled carbon nanotube network electrodes for dye solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1665-1672

  Tune, Daniel D ^a   Flavel, Benjamin S ^a   Quinton, Jamie S ^a   Ellis, Amanda V ^a   Shapter, Joseph G ^a  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscopy (AFM); Indium tin oxide (ITO); N3 dye; Scanning electron microscopy (SEM); Single walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNT); UVvisible spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

INDIUM TIN OXIDE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE (ITO); N3 DYE; SEM; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON NANOTUBES; CONDUCTIVE FILMS; ELECTRODES; INDIUM; PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY; RUTHENIUM; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TIN; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

EID: 77955420739     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2010.05.026     Document Type: Article

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