Influence of the organic electrolyte and anodization conditions on the preparation of well-aligned TiO2 nanotube arrays in dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1551-1559

  Hwang, Hee Yeon ^a   Prabu, Arun Anand ^a,c   Kim, Dong Young ^b   Kim, Kap Jin ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^c VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical anodization; Photo conversion efficiency; Sonoelectrochemistry; Titanium foil

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANODIZATION; PHOTO-CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SONOELECTROCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM FOIL;

ANODIC OXIDATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON MOBILITY; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SONOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

AMMONIUM; ARRAY; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; ELECTRON; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MOBILITY; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOLAR POWER; SOLVENT; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 79956093232     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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