Facile synthesis of ZnO nanocrystals via a solid state reaction for high performance plastic dye-sensitized solar cells

Nano Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-10

  Yin, Xiong ^a   Wang, Bin ^a,b   He, Meng ^a   He, Tao ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR NANOSCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Flexible dye sensitized solar cells; intensity modulated photocurrent spectroscopy; low temperature fabrication; solid state reaction; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855542806     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-011-0178-X     Document Type: Article

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