Fabrication and characterization of dye-sensitized solar cells using electrospun TiO2 nanofibre as a solar light harvesting layer

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 277-289

  Hamadanian, Masood ^a   Jabbari, Vahid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; electron lifetime; energy conversion; nanofibres; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTROSPUNS; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTRODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SOLAR LIGHT; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY CONVERSION; FABRICATION; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; DYE; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; TITANIUM;

EID: 84863920447     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478646X.2011.583988     Document Type: Article

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