Size-controlled anatase titania single crystals with octahedron-like morphology for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 10862-10873

  Shiu, Jia Wei ^a   Lan, Chi Ming ^a   Chang, Yu Cheng ^a   Wu, Hui Ping ^a   Huang, Wei Kai ^a   Diau, Eric Wei Guang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

anatase; crystal growth; dye sensitized solar cells; hydrothermal; titania

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE LAYER; ANATASE TITANIA; CHARGE EXTRACTION; CHELATING AGENT; CONTROLLED SIZE; CRYSTAL GROWTH MECHANISM; DEVICE PERFORMANCE; DIETHYLAMINES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS; POWER CONVERSION; REFERENCE DEVICES; SCATTERING LAYER; SEED CRYSTAL; TIO; TITANIA; TITANIUM TETRAISOPROPOXIDE; TRIETHANOLAMINES;

CHELATION; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FILM THICKNESS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84871569554     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn3042418     Document Type: Article

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