The effect of photoanode thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells containing TiO2 nanosheets with exposed reactive {001} facets

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 475-479

  Wu, Xia ^a   Lu, Gaoqing ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Reactive facets; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ANATASE TIO; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CURRENT POTENTIAL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH QUALITY; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; IV CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOANODE; REACTIVE FACETS; TIO;

HYDROFLUORIC ACID; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SOLAR CELLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84873312833     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2012.372     Document Type: Article

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