A novel photoanode architecture of dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO2 hollow sphere/nanorod array double-layer film

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 365, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 46-52

  Dai, Guotian ^a   Zhao, Li ^a,b   Li, Jing ^a   Wan, Li ^a   Hu, Fan ^a   Xu, Zuxun ^a   Dong, Binghai ^a   Lu, Hongbing ^a   Wang, Shimin ^a   Yu, Jiaguo ^b  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Double layer film; Dye sensitized solar cells; Hollow sphere; Nanorod array; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE LAYERS; DOUBLE-LAYER FILMS; DYE ADSORPTION; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HOLLOW SPHERE; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANOROD ARRAY; NANOROD ARRAYS; PHOTOANODE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SYNERGIC EFFECTS; TIO; UNDERLAYERS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA;

ABSORPTION; ADSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SPHERES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NANOFILM; NANOROD; NANOSPHERE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARCHITECTURE; ARTICLE; DIFFRACTION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY CONVERSION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT HARVESTING SYSTEM; NANOARRAY; NANODEVICE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOANODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 80054858042     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.08.073     Document Type: Article

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