Enhancing the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells by benzoic acid modified TiO2 nanorod electrode

Renewable Energy

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 214-218

  Liu, Jincheng ^a   Wang, Yinjie ^a   Sun, Darren ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Ligand exchange; Nanorods; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE METHODS; ANATASE TIO; BENZOIC ACID; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; LIGAND EXCHANGE; NANOROD ELECTRODES; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; LIGANDS; NANORODS; OLEIC ACID; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; ELECTRODE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUEL CELL; ION EXCHANGE; LIGAND; SOLAR POWER;

EID: 80052516958     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2011.07.028     Document Type: Article

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