Pore filling of nanostructured electrodes in dye sensitized solar cells by initiated chemical vapor deposition

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 419-423

  Nejati, Siamak ^a   Lau, Kenneth K S ^a  

^a Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; initiated chemical vapor deposition (iCVD); mesoporous titanium dioxide; poly(2 hydroxyethyl methacrylate); pore filling

Indexed keywords

DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; INITIATED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (ICVD); MESOPOROUS TITANIUM DIOXIDE; POLY(2-HYDROXYETHYL METHACRYLATE); PORE FILLING;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; ELECTROLYTES; FILLING; LIQUIDS; OXIDES; POLYMERS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GAS; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; GASES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 79851480247     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl103020w     Document Type: Article

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