Characteristics of a dye-sensitized solar cell based on an anode combining ZnO nanostructures with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes

Diamond and Related Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1457-1460

  Zeng, Guang Yi ^a   Nian, Kai Siang ^a   Lee, Kuei Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Photoelectric conversion efficiency; Thermal chemical vapor deposition; Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes; ZnO nanostructure

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; THERMAL CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; VERTICALLY ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBE; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONNECTORS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; STAINLESS STEEL; SUBSTRATES; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78649629160     PISSN: 09259635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diamond.2010.08.009     Document Type: Article

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