Sputtered highly ordered TiO 2 nanorod arrays and their applications as the electrode in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 929-934

  Meng, Lijian ^a,b,c   Ma, Aifeng ^a   Ying, Pinliang ^a   Feng, Zhaochi ^a   Li, Can ^a  

^a DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE ENGENHARIA DO PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

DSSC; Nanorod; Sputtering; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

DC REACTIVE MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; DEPOSITION TIME; DSSC; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FILL FACTOR; LIGHT INTENSITY; NANOROD ARRAYS; PREFERRED ORIENTATIONS; RAMAN SCATTERING MEASUREMENTS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; TIO; TIO 2;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; MICROMETERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANORODS;

EID: 84863011267     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.3084     Document Type: Conference Paper

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