Mesoporous titania hollow spheres applied as scattering layers in quantum dots sensitized solar cells

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 136, Issue 2-3, 2012, Pages 1060-1066

  Xu, Xueqing ^a   Jiang, Guohui ^a   Wan, Qingcui ^a   Shi, Jifu ^a   Xu, Gang ^a   Miao, Lei ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF ENERGY CONVERSION   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Electrochemical properties; Microstructure; Optical properties; Oxides

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION LAYER; ABSORPTION PATH; AVERAGE SIZE; CARBON SPHERES; CDSE; CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; FABRICATION TEMPERATURE; FAST DIFFUSION; HOLLOW SPHERE; INTERFACE REACTIONS; MESOPOROUS ANATASE; MESOPOROUS TIO; MESOPOROUS TITANIA; NANOCRYSTALLINE TIO; NANOCRYSTALLINES; OPTICAL REFLECTANCE; PHOTOANODE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; QUANTUM DOTS-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; SCATTERING LAYER; SHELL THICKNESS; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD; SUCCESSIVE IONIC LAYER ADSORPTION AND REACTIONS; TIO;

ADSORPTION; AUTOMOBILE MANUFACTURE; CADMIUM ALLOYS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; ELECTROLYTES; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; POLYSULFIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SCATTERING;

EID: 84867404158     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2012.08.051     Document Type: Article

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