Incorporation of plasma-functionalized carbon nanocapsules into a nanocrystalline TiO2 photoanode for use in dye-sensitized solar cells

Carbon

Volumn 49, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 4898-4910

  Chan, Yen Fong ^a   Wang, Chen Chien ^b   Chen, Bing Hung ^a   Chen, Chuh Yung ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b SOUTHERN TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; ARGON PLASMA TREATMENT; CARBON NANOCAPSULES; CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CONDUCTING GLASS; DEFECT STATE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EIS MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRON ACCUMULATION; ELECTRON LIFETIME; FLAT BAND; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED; IN-SITU; MOTT-SCHOTTKY; NANOCRYSTALLINE SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; TIO; TRAPPING/DETRAPPING; VOLTAMMETRIC DATA;

CAPACITANCE; CAPACITANCE MEASUREMENT; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROLYTES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; NANOCAPSULES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; SINTERING; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 80051791685     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2011.07.012     Document Type: Article

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