Electrochemical design of ZnO hierarchical structures for dye-sensitized solar cells

Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells

Volumn 102, Issue , 2012, Pages 8-14

  Guerin V M ^a   Rathousky, J ^b   Pauporté, Th ^a  

^a PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

BET; Dye sensitized solar cells; Epitaxy; Nanowires; ZnO hierarchical structures

Indexed keywords

1D-NANOSTRUCTURES; BET; CELL EFFICIENCY; CELL PERFORMANCE; CHARGE COLLECTION; COATED GLASS SUBSTRATES; DENSE ARRAYS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FILL FACTOR; FLUORINE-DOPED; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; HIGH ASPECT RATIO; NANO-POROUS; SECOND PHASE; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TIO; TRANSPARENT OXIDES; UNDERLAYERS; WIRE SURFACES; ZNO;

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FLUORINE; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIRE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84861097097     PISSN: 09270248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solmat.2011.11.046     Document Type: Article

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