Incorporation of graphenes in nanostructured TiO2 films via molecular grafting for dye-sensitized solar cell application

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 3482-3488

  Tang, Yong Bing ^a,b,c   Lee, Chun Sing ^b   Xu, Jun ^b   Liu, Zeng Tao ^b   Chen, Zhen Hua ^b   He, Zhubing ^b   Cao, Yu Lin ^b   Yuan, Guodong ^b   Song, Haisheng ^b   Chen, Limiao ^b   Luo, Linbao ^b   Cheng, Hui Ming ^c   Zhang, Wen Jun ^b   Bello, Igor ^b   Lee, Shuit Tong ^a,c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c INSTITUTE OF METAL RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

Composite films; Dye sensitized solar cells; Graphenes; Molecular level incorporation; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE GLASS; DEVICE CONFIGURATIONS; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROPHORETIC DEPOSITIONS; EXFOLIATION PROCESS; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHENES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; MOLECULAR GRAFTING; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; OXIDATION TIME; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PV PERFORMANCE; SYNTHETIC STRATEGIES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TIO;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITION; ELECTROPHORESIS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); GRAPHENE; METALLIC FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDES; PAPER SHEETING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

COLORING AGENT; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLAR ENERGY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 77955911183     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn100449w     Document Type: Article

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