Enhanced photovoltaic properties of Nb2O5-Coated TiO2 3D ordered porous electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5821-5825

  Kim, Hye Na ^a   Moon, Jun Hyuk ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; inverse opals; metal oxide coating; niobium oxide; photoelectrodes

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELEMENTAL MAPPING; INVERSE OPAL; INVERSE-OPAL STRUCTURE; MAXIMUM EFFICIENCY; METAL OXIDE COATINGS; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POROUS ELECTRODES; POROUS STRUCTURES; SEM AND TEM; TIO; XPS MEASUREMENTS;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRODES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOLAR CELLS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

NIOBIUM OXIDE;

COLORING AGENT; NANOMATERIAL; NIOBIUM; NIOBIUM PENTOXIDE; OXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; POWER SUPPLY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLAR ENERGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COLORING AGENTS; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NIOBIUM; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; POROSITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM;

EID: 84870484480     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am3014554     Document Type: Article

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