Highly dispersed mesoporous TiO2 spheres via acid treatment and its application for dye-sensitized solar cells

Powder Technology

Volumn 243, Issue , 2013, Pages 130-138

  Kim, Hyun Joong ^a   Jeon, Jae Deok ^b   Kwak, Seung Yeop ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acid treatment; Compression method; Dye sensitized solar cell; Scattering layer

Indexed keywords

ACID TREATMENTS; COMPRESSION METHODS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; HIGH ENERGY CONVERSIONS; HIGH SURFACE AREA; SCATTERING CENTERS; SCATTERING LAYER;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRODES; LOADING; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SPHERES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

NANOSPHERE; NITRIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACID TREATMENT; ARTICLE; CELLS; CHEMICAL PROCEDURES; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRODE; ENERGY CONVERSION; HOT PRESSING COMPRESSION TECHNIQUE; LIGHT SCATTERING; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOELECTRODE; POLYMERIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84876808311     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.02.036     Document Type: Article

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