Fast charge transport of titania nanotube arrays in dye-sensitized solar cells

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 225, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 173-179

  Li, Kang Le ^a   Xie, Zhi Bin ^a   Adams, Stefan ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dye senstized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Nanotube; Rietveld refinement

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956121737     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2010.1238     Document Type: Article

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