Front-side illuminated dye-sensitized solar cells based on bundle shaped titania nanotube membranes

Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science

Volumn 209, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 193-198

  Stergiopoulos, T ^a   Likodimos, V ^a   Hahn, R ^b   Schmuki, P ^b   Falaras, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; rapid breakdown anodization; titania nanotubular membranes

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATIONS; AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FLUORINE-FREE; FREE STANDING MEMBRANES; LOW RESISTANCE; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; N719 DYE; NANO PARTICULATES; NANOTUBULAR; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC CONVERSION; POST ANNEALING; RESONANCE CONDITION; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SHAPE MORPHOLOGY; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIA FILMS; TITANIA NANOTUBES; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE;

CONDUCTIVE FILMS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; FLUORINE; MEMBRANES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

COMPOSITE MEMBRANES;

EID: 84055222573     PISSN: 18626300     EISSN: 18626319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssa.201127143     Document Type: Article

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