TiO 2 nanotubes/nanoparticles composite film with higher light harvesting and electron transfer for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electronic Materials Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 481-484

  Liu, Chengcheng ^a   Liu, Zhifeng ^a   E, Lei ^a   Li, Yabin ^a   Han, Jianhua ^a   Wang, Yun ^a   Liu, Zhichao ^a   Ya, Jing ^a   Chen, Xuhuang ^b  

^a TIANJIN INSTITUTE OF URBAN CONSTRUCTION   (China)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

composite film; dye sensitized solar cells; nanotubes nanoparticles; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSFER; ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FAST ELECTRON TRANSFER; HIGH SURFACE AREA; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; INNER DIAMETERS; IV CHARACTERISTICS; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANOTUBES FILMS; STRUCTURE OF COMPOSITES; TIO;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84868035526     PISSN: 17388090     EISSN: 20936788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13391-012-2048-4     Document Type: Article

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