Low temperature synthesis of flower-like TiO 2 nanospheres directly from block-graft copolymer precursors and their uses in quasi-solid-state dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 80, Issue , 2012, Pages 27-33

  Seo, Jin Ah ^a   Roh, Dong Kyu ^a   Koh, Jong Kwan ^a   Kim, Sang Jin ^a   Jung, Bumsuk ^b   Kim, Jong Hak ^a  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP); Dye sensitized solar cells (DSSCs); Graft copolymer; Light scattering; TiO 2 nanospheres

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILICS; BLOCK-GRAFT COPOLYMERS; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ENERGY-FILTERING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; LOW TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; QUASI-SOLID-STATE DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SCATTERING EFFECTS; SCATTERING LAYER; SYNTHETIC METHODS; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAFT COPOLYMERS; LIGHT SCATTERING; LOADING; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NANOSPHERES; OXIDE MINERALS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYMERIZATION; POLYSTYRENES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ATOM TRANSFER RADICAL POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84865271510     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.06.058     Document Type: Article

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