Surface patterning of mesoporous niobium oxide films for solar energy conversion

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 3469-3474

  Ok, Myoung Ryul ^a,b   Ghosh, Rudresh ^b   Brennaman, M Kyle ^b   Lopez, Rene ^a,b   Meyer, Thomas J ^b   Samulski, Edward T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; niobium oxide; photonic crystal; soft lithography; surface patterning

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; PHOTOCURABLE PERFLUOROPOLYETHER; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; SOFT-LITHOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES; SOFT-LITHOGRAPHY; SURFACE PATTERNING;

ENERGY CONVERSION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; OPTICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTONIC CRYSTALS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS;

NIOBIUM OXIDE;

EID: 84876725029     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am400598u     Document Type: Article

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