Using hybrid silica-conjugated TiO2 nanostructures to enhance the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 55, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5499-5505

  Park, Kyung Hee ^a   Gu, Hal Bon ^a   Jin, En Mei ^a   Dhayal, Marshal ^b  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b CENTRE FOR CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical characterization; Surface structure; XPS

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL SURFACES; CHEMICALLY BONDED; COVALENT BONDING; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATIONS; GLASS POWDER; HYBRID SILICA; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LOW-TEMPERATURE GLASS; NANO-STRUCTURED; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTRODE; SI ATOMS; SURFACE CRYSTALLITES; TI ATOMS; TIO; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; XPS; XRD;

ATOMS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; GLASS; GLASS BONDING; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SILICA; SILICON; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 78049444584     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2010.04.100     Document Type: Article

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