Dye-sensitized solar cells based on anatase TiO2/multi-walled carbon nanotubes composite nanofibers photoanode

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 87, Issue , 2013, Pages 651-656

  Du, Pingfan ^a   Song, Lixin ^a   Xiong, Jie ^a   Li, Ni ^a   Wang, Lijun ^a   Xi, Zhenqiang ^a   Wang, Naiyan ^a   Gao, Linhui ^a   Zhu, Hongliang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG SCI TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite; Dye sensitized solar cells; Multi walled carbon nanotubes; Nanofibers; Photoanode

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; CARBON NANOTUBES COMPOSITES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRODE FILM; ELECTROSPINNING METHOD; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; HYBRID NANOFIBER; INCIDENT PHOTO-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; N719 DYE; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOANODE; PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; RAMAN SPECTROMETERS; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; X RAY DIFFRACTOMETERS;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOFIBERS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84870197181     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.09.096     Document Type: Article

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