Magnesium doped ZnO nanoparticles embedded ZnO nanorod hybrid electrodes for dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 453-459

  Justin Raj, C ^a   Karthick, S N ^a   Hemalatha, K V ^a   Son, Min Kyu ^a   Kim, Hee Je ^a   Prabakar, K ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanorods; Nanostructured materials; Photoanode; Thin films; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLINITIES; DOPED ZNO; DYE ABSORPTION; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EMBEDDED ELECTRODES; FILL FACTOR; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYBRID ELECTRODES; HYDROTHERMALLY; INTERNAL RESISTANCE; MG-DOPED; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOEXCITED ELECTRONS; SUN ILLUMINATION; UV-VISIBLE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD;

CHARGE TRANSFER; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNESIUM; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84862794975     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-012-2748-0     Document Type: Article

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