Defect minimization and morphology optimization in TiO 2 nanotube thin films, grown on transparent conducting substrate, for dye synthesized solar cell application

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 522, Issue , 2012, Pages 71-78

  Kuzmych, Oleksandr ^a   Nonomura, Kazuteru ^b   Johansson, Erik M J ^c   Nyberg, Tomas ^d   Hagfeldt, Anders ^c   Skompska, Magdalena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Anodic oxidation; Ar ion sputtering; Scanning electron microscopy; Sputtering deposition; Thin films; Titanium dioxide; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION METHOD; ANODIZATIONS; CONDUCTING SUBSTRATES; CONTROL OF MORPHOLOGY; DEFECT-FREE; DYE-SYNTHESIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH TEMPERATURE; POOR ADHESION; POROUS LAYERS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID STATE SOLAR CELLS; SPUTTER COATING; SPUTTERING DEPOSITION; TI FOIL; TI SPUTTERING; TI THIN FILMS; TIO; TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE OXIDES; TUBULAR GEOMETRY;

ADHESION; ANODIC OXIDATION; DEFECTS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84868518232     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.09.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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