Highly uniform, bifunctional core/double-shell-structured β-NaYF 4:Er3+, Yb3+@SiO2@TiO2 hexagonal sub-microprisms for high-performance dye sensitized solar cells

Advanced Materials

Volumn 25, Issue 15, 2013, Pages 2174-2180

  Liang, Liangliang ^a   Liu, Yumin ^a   Bu, Chenghao ^a   Guo, Kaimo ^a   Sun, Weiwei ^a   Huang, Niu ^a   Peng, Tao ^a   Sebo, Bobby ^a   Pan, Mengmei ^a   Liu, Wei ^a   Guo, Shishang ^a   Zhao, Xing Zhong ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

core double shell structures; dye sensitized solar cells; isolation; scattering; upconversion

Indexed keywords

BI-FUNCTIONAL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ISOLATION; PHOTOELECTRODE; TIO; UP-CONVERSION; UPCONVERSION MATERIALS;

ERBIUM; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SCATTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YTTERBIUM;

SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; ERBIUM; FLUORIDE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SILICON DIOXIDE; SODIUM YTTRIUMTETRAFLUORIDE; TIO2 SIO2; TIO2-SIO2; TITANIUM; YTTRIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; ERBIUM; FLUORIDES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; SILICON DIOXIDE; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; YTTRIUM;

EID: 84876231659     PISSN: 09359648     EISSN: 15214095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201204847     Document Type: Article

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