Effect of carbon modification on the electrical, structural, and optical properties of TiO 2 electrodes and their performance in labscale dye-sensitized Solar Cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Taziwa, R ^a   Meyer, E L ^a   Sideras Haddad, E ^b   Erasmus, R M ^b   Manikandan, E ^c   Mwakikunga, B W ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c B S ABDUR RAHMAN CRESCENT INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^d DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MALAWI   (Malawi)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHONONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON MODIFICATION; CARBON MODIFIED; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; EFFECT OF CARBONS; MODIFIED TITANIA; PARTICLES SIZES; PERFORMANCE; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; TIO 2; ULTRASONIC NEBULIZERS;

SPRAY PYROLYSIS;

EID: 84867360531     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/904323     Document Type: Article

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