One-pot synthesis of intercalating ZnO nanoparticles for enhanced dye-sensitized solar cells

Materials Letters

Volumn 90, Issue , 2013, Pages 56-59

  Bu, Ian Y Y ^a   Cole, Matthew T ^b  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dye sensitised solar cells; Intercalate; Nanoparticles; Necking; Solar energy materials; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SOLAR CELLS; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TEMPERATURE; THIN FILMS; ZINC OXIDE;

HIGH INTERCONNECTIVITY; INTERCALATE; LOW TEMPERATURE SOLUTIONS; NANOPARTICLE DIAMETER; NECKING; OPTICAL SCATTERING; SOLAR ENERGY MATERIALS; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84870669809     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.09.026     Document Type: Article

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