Freestanding light scattering hollow silver spheres prepared by a facile sacrificial templating method and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 225, Issue , 2013, Pages 46-50

  Sharifi, Nafiseh ^a   Dadgostar, Shabnam ^b   Taghavinia, Nima ^a   Iraji Zad, Azam ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Dye sensitized solar cells; Light scattering; Metals; Optical properties

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL SYNTHESIS; CORE CARBONS; DYE SOLAR CELLS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY PROCESS; HARD TEMPLATES; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER; SILVER MICROSPHERES; SILVER SPHERES; TEMPLATING METHOD; THERMAL REMOVAL; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LIGHT SCATTERING; METALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SPHERES; THERMOCHEMISTRY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84868259350     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2012.10.002     Document Type: Article

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