Fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells from rutile nanofibers and nanorods

Energy

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 627-632

  Francis, L ^a,b   Sreekumaran Nair, A ^a   Jose, R ^c   Ramakrishna, S ^a   Thavasi, V ^a   Marsano, E ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PAHANG   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrospinning; Rutile phase

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ETHANOL; FIBERS; NANOFIBERS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINTERING; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

BROKEN DOWN; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ETHANOL MIXTURES; MECHANICAL GRINDING; POLY(VINYL PYRROLIDONE); POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINITY; POLYMERIC SOLS; POROUS FIBERS; RUTILE PHASE; RUTILE TITANIA; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIO; TITANIUM PRECURSORS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

ACETIC ACID; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE; ETHANOL; KETONE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POLYMER; RUTILE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78650735492     PISSN: 03605442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2010.09.054     Document Type: Article

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