Effect of the TiO2 shell thickness on the dye-sensitized solar cells with ZnO-TiO2 core-shell nanorod electrodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 19-24

  Irannejad, A ^a   Janghorban, K ^a   Tan, O K ^b   Huang, H ^b   Lim, C K ^b   Tan, P Y ^b   Fang, X ^b   Chua, C S ^b   Maleksaeedi, S ^c   Hejazi, S M H ^d   Shahjamali, M M ^c   Ghaffari, M ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d SHAHID BAHONAR UNIVERSITY OF KERMAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical vapor deposition; Dye sensitized solar cell; Hydrothermal; ZnO nanorods; ZnO TiO2 core shell structure

Indexed keywords

CELL EFFICIENCY; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION METHODS; CORE-SHELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FILL FACTOR; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; I - V CURVE; NANOROD ARRAYS; NANOROD ELECTRODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; SEED LAYER; SHELL THICKNESS; SOL-GEL COATINGS; SOLAR CELL TESTING; SURFACE AREA; TEM ANALYSIS; THIN SHELLS; TIO; TWO-ELECTRODE CELL; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WELL-ALIGNED; WURTZITES; XRD; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO THIN FILM; ZNO-TIO;

ASPECT RATIO; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DYES; EFFICIENCY; FILM THICKNESS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 81855182194     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2011.08.068     Document Type: Article

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