Poly(vinyl chloride)-g-poly(2-(dimethylamino)ethyl methacrylate) graft copolymers templated synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 thin films for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages

  Patel, Rajkumar ^a   Ahn, Sung Hoon ^a   Seo, Jin Ah ^a   Kim, Sang Jin ^a   Kim, Jong Hak ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization; Dye sensitized solar cell; Energy conversion; Graft copolymer; Sol gel; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FREE RADICAL REACTIONS; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYMER SOLAR CELLS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; POROSITY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

2-(DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HIGHEST ENERGY CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; INTERFACIAL RESISTANCES; MESOPOROUS THIN FILMS; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; TEMPLATED SYNTHESIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

COPOLYMER; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE; POLY[2 (DIMETHYLAMINO)ETHYL METHACRYLATE]; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FILM; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY; MICROTECHNOLOGY; NANODEVICE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84862189926     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-012-0845-1     Document Type: Article

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