Solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells based on zno nanoparticle and nanorod array hybrid photoanodes

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-8

  Lee, Tao Hua ^a   Sue, Hung Jue ^a,b   Cheng, Xing ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanoparticle; Nanorod; Organic photovoltaic; Zno

Indexed keywords

DEVICE EFFICIENCY; DIFFERENT STRUCTURE; DYE ADSORPTION; INTERSTITIAL VOIDS; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANOROD ARRAYS; ORGANIC PHOTOVOLTAICS; OVERALL POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ZNO; ZNO LAYERS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

ADSORPTION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84859821754     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-517     Document Type: Article

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