Incorporation of multiwalled carbon nanotubes into TiO2 nanowires for enhancing photovoltaic performance of dye-sensitized solar cells via highly efficient electron transfer

Solar Energy

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 41-46

  Ahn, Ji Young ^a   Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Moon, Kook Joo ^a   Kim, Jong Hyun ^a   Lee, Chang Sun ^a   Kim, Min Young ^a   Kang, Jae Wook ^b   Kim, Soo Hyung ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Electron transfer; Electrospinning; Multiwalled carbon nanotubes; TiO2 nanowires

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC PROPERTY; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; TIO;

CALCINATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRON TRANSITIONS; ELECTROSPINNING; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ANATASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSITE; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84875787617     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2013.02.031     Document Type: Article

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