Development of nanostructured porous TiO2 thick film with uniform spherical particles by a new polymeric gel process for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 89, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-97

  Bakhshayesh, A M ^a   Mohammadi, M R ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Nanoparticle; Polymeric gel process; TiO2

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE (AFM); AVERAGE GRAIN SIZE; COUNTER ELECTRODES; DEPOSITED FILMS; DIP COATING; DYE LOADING; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; GEL PROCESS; HIGH POWER CONVERSION; HIGH SURFACE AREA; NANO-STRUCTURED; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; PH ADJUSTMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC APPLICATIONS; PHOTOVOLTAIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POLYMERIC AGENTS; POROUS MORPHOLOGY; POROUS TIO; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PRIMARY NANOPARTICLES; RECOMBINATION PROCESS; ROUGHNESS MEAN SQUARES; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; SYNTHETIC PROCEDURES; THICK ELECTRODES; TIO; UNIFORM SPHERICAL PARTICLES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DEPOSITS; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; POLYMERS; SOLS; THICK FILMS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84874410680     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2012.11.060     Document Type: Article

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