Synthesis and characterization of flower like ZnO nanorods for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2367-2371

  Thambidurai, M ^a   Muthukumarasamy, N ^b   Velauthapillai, Dhayalan ^c   Lee, Changhee ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Department of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning   (India)

^c BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; DAUCUS CAROTA; DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; FLOWER-LIKE ZNO; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTOELECTRODE; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS;

ANODES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

NANORODS;

EID: 84879411497     PISSN: 09574522     EISSN: 1573482X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10854-013-1103-8     Document Type: Article

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