Metal-free low-cost organic dye-sensitized ZnO-nanorod photoanode for solid-state solar cell

Materials Express

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Suresh, Santhanakrishnan ^a   Pandikumar, Alagarsamy ^a   Murugesan, Sepperumal ^a   Ramaraj, Ramasamy ^a   Raj, Samuel Paul ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eosin Y; Nanofiller modified PEO electrolyte; Photoelectrochemical cell; Solid state dye sensitized solar cell; Tio2; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863887350     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2011.1035     Document Type: Article

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