Investigation into photoconductivity in single CNF/TiO 2-dye core-shell nanowire devices

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1480-1486

  Li, Zhuangzhi ^a   Rochford, Caitlin ^b   Baca, F Javier ^c   Liu, Jianwei ^d   Li, Jun ^d   Wu, Judy ^b  

^a HEBEI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Core shell; Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanowire; Photoconductivity; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHARGE TRANSPORT; CHARGE TRAP; CORE-SHELL; CORE-SHELL NANOWIRES; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; LIMITING FACTORS; N719 DYE; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOPARTICLE NETWORKS; SINGLE NANOWIRES; TIO; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOFIBERS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOFIBERS; NANOWIRES; OXIDES; PHOTOCONDUCTIVITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINTERING; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 77955712974     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11671-010-9665-3     Document Type: Article

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