Highly efficient ZnO/Au Schottky barrier dye-sensitized solar cells: Role of gold nanoparticles on the charge-transfer process

Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 681-690

  Bora, Tanujjal ^a   Kyaw, Htet H ^a   Sarkar, Soumik ^b   Pal, Samir K ^b   Dutta, Joydeep ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b S N BOSE NATIONAL CENTRE FOR BASIC SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Gold nanoparticle; Picosecond spectroscopy; Schottky barrier; Zinc oxide nanorod

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; PICOSECONDS; SCHOTTKY BARRIERS; ZINC OXIDE NANOROD;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ION EXCHANGE; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCHOTTKY BARRIER DIODES; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

GOLD;

EID: 80054785325     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21904286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3762/bjnano.2.73     Document Type: Article

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