Material properties controlling photocurrent on TiO2 aggregates with plane orientation for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2621-2628

  Kawakita, Mamiko ^a,b   Kawakita, Jin ^b   Sakka, Yoshio ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Anatase TiO2; Conductivity; Dye adsorption; Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); Energy conversion; Nanostructure; Plane orientation

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATION; ANATASE TIO; CONDUCTIVITY; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC); PLANE ORIENTATION;

ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; DEPOSITION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENERGY CONVERSION; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBSTRATES; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; GLASS; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 78751608162     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9841-5     Document Type: Article

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