Functional properties of amine-passivated ZnO nanostructures and dye-sensitized solar cell characteristics

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 213, Issue , 2012, Pages 70-77

  Navaneethan, M ^a   Archana, J ^a   Arivanandhan, M ^a   Hayakawa, Y ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Optical properties; Surface passivation; Wet chemical synthesis; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AMINE MOLECULES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; MONO-DISPERSED; NEAR-BAND EDGE LUMINESCENCE; ORGANIC LIGANDS; PARTICLE AGGLOMERATIONS; SURFACE PASSIVATION; UV-VISIBLE ABSORPTION; WET CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; WET-CHEMICAL APPROACH; ZNO NANOSHEETS; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANOSHEETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PASSIVATION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SURFACE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84868246865     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.10.001     Document Type: Article

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