Enhanced light scattering and photovoltaic performance for dye-sensitized solar cells by embedding submicron SiO2/TiO2 core/shell particles in photoanode

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5407-5413

  Wang, Yuanzhe ^a   Chen, Enlong ^a   Lai, Hongmei ^a   Lu, Bin ^a   Hu, Zhijuan ^a   Qin, Xiaomei ^a   Shi, Wangzhou ^a   Du, Guoping ^a,b  

^a SHANGHAI NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Core shell particle; Dye sensitized solar cell; Light scattering; Nanostructure

Indexed keywords

CORE/SHELL PARTICLES; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; EFFECTIVE APPROACHES; LIGHT-SCATTERING PARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED TIO; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; WAVELENGTH RANGES;

LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; REFRACTIVE INDEX; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84875710082     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2012.12.048     Document Type: Article

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