Enhancing the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells based on TiO 2 nanotube/nanoparticle composite photoanodes

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 105, Issue , 2013, Pages 142-148

  Yen, Yin Cheng ^a   Ko, Wen Yin ^a   Chen, Jing Zhi ^a   Lin, Kuan Jiuh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Composite electrodes; Dye sensitized solar cells; Nanoparticle; Nanostructures; Nanotube; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; YARN;

COMPOSITE ELECTRODE; CRYSTALLINITIES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; HIGH SURFACE AREA; LIGHT-HARVESTING; LIQUID ELECTROLYTES; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); QUASI-SOLID STATE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84878316700     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.04.128     Document Type: Article

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