Increases in solar conversion efficiencies of the ZrO2 nanofiber-doped TiO2 photoelectrode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Wang, Jiao ^a   Jin, En Mei ^a   Park, Ju Young ^b   Wang, Wan Lin ^a   Zhao, Xing Guan ^a   Gu, Hal Bon ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Southwestern Research Institute of Green Energy   (South Korea)

Author keywords

DSSC; Titania; Zirconia nanofiber

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZIRCONIA;

DSSC; MESOPOROUS TIO2; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHOTOELECTRODE; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT DENSITIES; SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TITANIA;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84863241480     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-98     Document Type: Article

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