Enhanced performance of dye-sensitized solar cells using gold nanoparticles modified fluorine tin oxide electrodes

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 1-8

  Zhang, Dingwen ^a   Wang, Milton ^b   Brolo, Alexandre G ^b   Shen, Jie ^a   Li, Xiaodong ^c   Huang, Sumei ^a  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c SINGAPORE POLYTECHNIC   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU NANOSTRUCTURE; CELL-BASED; COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; DIFFERENT SIZES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORINE TIN OXIDES; GLASS SLIDES; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICALS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PV PERFORMANCE; SCREEN PRINTING METHODS; SIZE EFFECTS; TIO;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLUORINE; GOLD; GOLD ALLOYS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TIN; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84871261649     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/46/2/024005     Document Type: Article

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