High efficiency dye-sensitized solar cell based on novel TiO2 nanorod/nanoparticle bilayer electrode

Nanotechnology, Science and Applications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 45-51

  Hafez, Hoda ^a,b   Lan, Zhang ^b   Li, Qinghua ^b   Wu, Jihuai ^b  

^a MENOUFIA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b HUAQIAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bilayer electrode; Dye sensitized solar cell; TiO2 nanorod

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLE; NANOROD; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANODEVICE; REVIEW; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77957312865     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11778903     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.2147/NSA.S11350     Document Type: Review

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