Controllable synthesis of quasi-spherelike ZnO hierarchical nanostructures and performance of their dye-sensitized solar cells

Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-187

  Tong, Yanhua ^a   Cao, Feng ^a   Tang, Peisong ^a   Chen, Haifeng ^a   Pan, Guoxiang ^a   Xu, Minhong ^a  

^a HUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cells; photovoltaic property; quasi spheres; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873486001     PISSN: 16744128     EISSN: 16744594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12200-011-0162-9     Document Type: Article

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