ZnO nanosheets derived from surfactant-directed process: Growth mechanism, and application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1241-1246

  Li, Hui ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a   Wang, John ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROGEN BOND INTERACTION; KINETIC FACTORS; MORPHOLOGICAL DEFORMATIONS; NANOCRYSTALLINES; PHOTOANODE; PLURONIC F-127; THERMODYNAMIC FACTORS; ZINC ACETATE; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84859643678     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2011.05030.x     Document Type: Article

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