ZnO-TiO2 nanocomposite films for high light harvesting efficiency and fast electron transport in dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 45, 2012, Pages 23864-23870

  Manthina, Venkata ^a,b   Correa Baena, Juan Pablo ^a,b   Liu, Guangliang ^a,b   Agrios, Alexander G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COLLECTION; CHARGE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; COMPOSITE NANOSTRUCTURES; CURRENT-VOLTAGE MEASUREMENTS; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FAST ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FAST ELECTRONS; FERROCENES; HYBRID FILM; IODIDE/TRI-IODIDE; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; LIGHT-HARVESTING; NANO PARTICULATES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; NANOROD ARRAYS; REDOX COUPLE; SURFACE AREA; TIO; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES; TRANSIENT MEASUREMENT; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO; ZNO-TIO;

DEPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; LOADING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; OXIDES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACES; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84869451099     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp304622d     Document Type: Article

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