Acid treatment of titania pastes to create scattering layers in dye-sensitized solar cells

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2012, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Watson, Trystan ^a   Charbonneau, Cecile ^a   Bryant, Daniel ^a   Worsley, David ^a  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; INCIDENT LIGHT; LIGHT SCATTERING; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE SCATTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACID PRETREATMENT; ACID TREATMENTS; CELL SCATTERING; DYE- SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; LIGHT INCIDENT; PATHLENGTHS; SCATTERING LAYER; SIMPLE++; TITANIA; TRANSPARENT FILMS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84869987491     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/637839     Document Type: Article

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