TiO 2 nanotube height effect on the efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 7159-7165

  Alivov, Yahya ^a,b   Xuan, Pan ^a   Fan, Z Y ^a  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Energy conversion; Nanoparticles; Nanotubes; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE; FILL FACTOR; HEIGHT EFFECT; LIGHT-HARVESTING; TIO;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; ENERGY CONVERSION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; IMPEDANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84857039893     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-011-0627-1     Document Type: Article

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