Optimization of the cutting process of multi-wall carbon nanotubes for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 519, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 2273-2279

  Sun, Shengrui ^a   Gao, Lian ^a   Liu, Yangqiao ^a  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Cutting process; Dye sensitized solar cell; Multi wall carbon nanotube; TiO2 film electrode

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTIVE PATHS; CUTTING PROCESS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; MULTI-WALL CARBON NANOTUBES; PHOTO-ANODES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TIO; ULTRA-SONICATION;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CUTTING; CUTTING TOOLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ENERGY CONVERSION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; WALLS (STRUCTURAL PARTITIONS);

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 78751647933     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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