Effect of titanium substrate morphology on the growth of TiO 2 nanotubes and their photovoltaic performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 548-552

  Dubey, Mukul ^a   He, Hongshan ^a  

^a South Dakota State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Morphology; Nanotubes; Solar Cells; Titanium Dioxide

Indexed keywords

ANODIZATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ETCHED SUBSTRATES; FLAT SURFACES; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS; TI FOIL; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; TITANIUM SUBSTRATES;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; CRACKS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOTUBES; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84864862862     PISSN: 19414900     EISSN: 19414919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2012.1350     Document Type: Article

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