Role of aqueous ammonia on the growth of ZnO nanostructures and its influence on solid-state dye sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2076-2091

  Kanmani, S S ^a   Ramachandran, K ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

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Indexed keywords

AMMONIA CONCENTRATIONS; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LATTICE ORIENTATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; SPHERICAL NANOPARTICLES; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

AMMONIA; ASPECT RATIO; NANORODS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

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EID: 84878056823     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-012-6981-2     Document Type: Article

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