Dye-sensitized solar cells based on multiwalled carbon nanotube-titania/titania bilayer structure photoelectrode

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 358, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 562-566

  Lin, Wei Jhih ^a   Hsu, Chun Tsung ^a   Tsai, Yu Chen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; TiO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER STRUCTURE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRIC ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; MATRIX; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; PHOTOELECTRODE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; SINGLE LAYER; TEM; TEM IMAGES; TIO; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES;

CARBON NANOTUBES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

CHITOSAN; DYE; ELECTROLYTE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL; NANOFILM; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CELL; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONVERSION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOELECTRODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRODES; ENERGY-GENERATING RESOURCES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 79955101054     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.03.031     Document Type: Article

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