Effect of poly (ethylene glycol) on coarsening dynamics of titanium dioxide nanocrystallites in hydrothermal reaction and the application in dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 374, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 9-17

  Zhou, Cong Hua ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^b   Yang, Bing Chu ^a   Zhang, Dou ^a   Li, Zhi You ^a   Zhou, Ke Chao ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Hydrothermal; Ostwald ripening; PEG; Titanium dioxide; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

COARSENING DYNAMICS; COARSENING RATES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC PROPERTIES; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FTIR; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; PEG CONCENTRATION; PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMER CHAINS; POLYMER CONCENTRATIONS; RUTILE PHASIS; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM);

DESORPTION; DISPERSIONS; NANOCRYSTALLITES; NANOWIRES; OSTWALD RIPENING; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DYE; MACROGOL; NANOCRYSTALLITE; NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; DESORPTION; DISPERSION; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELL; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84862819430     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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