Sol-gel hydrothermal synthesis of bismuth-TiO2 nanocubes for dye-sensitized solar cell

Ceramics International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2215-2220

  An'amt, M N ^a   Radiman, S ^a   Huang, N M ^b   Yarmo, M A ^a   Ariyanto, N P ^a   Lim, H N ^c   Muhamad, M R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Sol gel processing; B. Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH; BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; OPTICAL BEHAVIOR; SOL-GEL PROCESSING; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE; UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSES (XRD);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955513822     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.05.027     Document Type: Article

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