Polymer templated nanocrystalline titania network for solid state dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Chemistry

Volumn 20, Issue 34, 2010, Pages 7255-7265

  Brendel, Johannes C ^a   Lu, Yan ^a   Thelakkat, Mukundan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOCRYSTALS; ANIONIC POLY-ELECTROLYTES; COMPOSITE LAYER; COMPOSITE PARTICLES; CONDUCTIVE SUBSTRATES; CORE SIZE; CRYSTALLINITIES; EFFICIENT CONTROL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT LAYERS; HYBRID DEVICES; INDIVIDUAL CONTROL; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIA; NANOCRYSTALLINES; POLYSTYRENE CORE; PREPARATION METHOD; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEM; SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SPHERICAL POLYELECTROLYTE BRUSHES; TEMPLATED; TEST DEVICE; TIO; WALL THICKNESS; XRD;

BRUSHES; CALCINATION; DYES; FILM PREPARATION; HYDROLYSIS; NANOCRYSTALS; POLYELECTROLYTES; POLYMER BLENDS; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLID STATE DEVICES;

EID: 77955785277     PISSN: 09599428     EISSN: 13645501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0jm00916d     Document Type: Article

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