Structure and photovoltaic properties of Zno nanowire for dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kao, Ming Cheng ^a   Chen, Hone Zern ^a   Young, San Lin ^a   Lin, Chen Cheng ^b   Kung, Chung Yuan ^b  

^a HSIUPING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dssc; Nanowires; Open circuit voltage; Zno

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOWIRES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM OXIDES; ZINC OXIDE;

DSSC; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; OXIDE COATED GLASS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SHORT-CIRCUIT PHOTOCURRENT; SOLUTION PHASE; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO);

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864007582     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-260     Document Type: Article

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