Hydrothermally synthesized TiO2 nanopowders and their use as photoanodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 964-972

  Wu, Wan Yu ^a   Shih, Tzu Wen ^b   Ting, Jyh Ming ^b  

^a MINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Optical properties; Sintering; Titania

Indexed keywords

CELL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; HYDROTHERMALLY SYNTHESIZED; OXYGEN PLASMA TREATMENTS; SURFACE CONDITIONS; TITANIA;

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; SINTERING; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84879235326     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.2893     Document Type: Article

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