Surfactant-assisted nanocrystal filling of TiO2 nanotube arrays for dye-sensitized solar cells with improved performance

Journal of Power Sources

Volumn 236, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-16

  Yang, Zuobao ^a,b   Pan, Dengyu ^a   Xi, Chen ^a   Li, Jinghui ^a   Shi, Jianwei ^a   Xu, Fei ^a   Ma, Zhongquan ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XinYu University   (China)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanocrystal; Nanotube arrays; Surfactant; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION METHOD; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; MESOPOROUS LAYERS; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; POLYMER SURFACTANTS; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; VACUUM IMPREGNATION;

ANODIC OXIDATION; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84875165930     PISSN: 03787753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpowsour.2013.02.037     Document Type: Article

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