Preparation of TiO2 nanoparticles by using tripodal tetraamine ligands as complexing agent via two-step sol-gel method and their application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1660-1667

  Mir, Noshin ^b   Salavati Niasari, Masoud ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Nanostructures; A. Semiconductors, B. Sol gel chemistry, D. Optical properties, D. Energy storage

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXING AGENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; SOL-GEL CHEMISTRY; TIO; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY;

AGGLOMERATION; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

LIGANDS;

EID: 84874300180     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2013.01.006     Document Type: Article

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