Dye-sensitized solar cells based on ZnO nanotetrapods

Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 24-44

  Chen, Wei ^a,b   Yang, Shihe ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); flexible solar cell; metal oxides; nanostructure; photoanode; ZnO nanotetrapod

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859860543     PISSN: 16744128     EISSN: 16744594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-011-0207-0     Document Type: Review

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