Photoelectrode optimization of Zinc Oxide nanoparticle based dye-sensitized solar cell by thermal treatment

International Journal of Electrochemical Science

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 4988-4999

  Teesetsopon, Pichanan ^a   Kumar, S ^a   Dutta, Joydeep ^a,b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Annealing; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Interface resistance; Photoelectrode; Recombination; Zno

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862751194     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14523981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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