Flexible dye-sensitized solar cells with one-dimensional ZnO nanorods as electron collection centers in photoanodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 88, Issue , 2013, Pages 421-428

  Lin, Lu Yin ^a   Yeh, Min Hsin ^a   Lee, Chuan Pei ^a   Chou, Chen Yu ^a   Ho, Kuo Chuan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Back illumination; Dye sensitized solar cells; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Zinc oxide composite film; Zinc oxide nanorods

Indexed keywords

BACK ILLUMINATION; BACK-ILLUMINATED; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; INCIDENT LIGHT; LASER INDUCED; LIGHT UTILIZATION; OXIDE COMPOSITES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-VOLTAGE; PHOTOANODE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS; ZINC OXIDE NANORODS; ZNO; ZNO FILMS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOROD;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRONS; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84870665977     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.10.080     Document Type: Article

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