Hydrothermal synthesis of well-aligned hierarchical TiO2 tubular macrochannel arrays with large surface area for high performance dye-sensitized solar cells

Applied Energy

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 198-205

  Wang, Xiaoyue ^a   Li, Haibo ^a   Liu, Yong ^a   Zhao, Wenxia ^a   Liang, Chaolun ^a   Huang, Hong ^a   Mo, Delin ^a   Liu, Zhong ^a   Yu, Xiao ^a   Deng, Youjun ^a   Shen, Hui ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized; Hierarchical; Macrochannel arrays; Solar cell

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHANNEL DENSITY; DYE SENSITIZED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIERARCHICAL; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LARGE SURFACE AREA; MACROCHANNEL ARRAYS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; RUTILE AND ANATASE; SCATTERING PROPERTY; TIO; TYPICAL SAMPLES; UV-VIS SPECTROMETER; WAVELENGTH RANGES; WELL-ALIGNED;

SOLAR CELLS;

AMMONIA; ARRAY; DYE; FUEL CELL; HYDROTHERMAL ACTIVITY; LIGHT SCATTERING; OXIDE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SURFACE AREA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WAVELENGTH;

EID: 84864798852     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apenergy.2012.05.014     Document Type: Article

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