Conductive nanowires coated with a semiconductive shell as the photoanode in dye-sensitised solar cells

International Journal of Nano and Biomaterials

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 196-212

  Hill, Justin J ^a,b   Haller, Kelly ^a   Ge, Wangyao ^a   Banks, Nicholas ^a   Ziegler, Kirk J ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^b MAINSTREAM ENGINEERING CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

AAO; Anodic aluminium oxide; Conductive nanowire; Core shell photoanode; Dye sensitised solar cell; Gr tzel solar cell; Indium zinc oxide; Nanotechnology; OCVD; Open circuit voltage decay; Templated growth; Vertical nanowire array

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ANODIC OXIDATION; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTROLYTES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANODIC ALUMINIUM OXIDE; INDIUM ZINC OXIDES; OCVD; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE DECAYS; PHOTO-ANODES; TEMPLATED GROWTH; VERTICAL NANOWIRE ARRAYS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

DYE; NANOSHELL; NANOWIRE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CYCLIC POTENTIOMETRY; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; POLARIZATION; PRODUCTIVITY; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84873819414     PISSN: 17528933     EISSN: 17528941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJNBM.2012.051693     Document Type: Article

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