A simple route for decorating TiO2 nanoparticle over ZnO aggregates dye-sensitized solar cell

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 190-196

  Lou, Yanyan ^a   Yuan, Shuai ^a   Zhao, Yin ^a   Hu, Pengfei ^a   Wang, Zhuyi ^a   Zhang, Meihong ^a   Shi, Liyi ^a   Li, Dongdong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI ADVANCED RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Photoelectron collection mechanism; TiO2 layer; TiO2 nanoparticles; ZnO dye sensitized solar cells

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON COLLECTIONS; HYDROLYSIS AND CONDENSATION; PHOTOELECTRON COLLECTION; TETRA-BUTYL TITANATE; TIO; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880116254     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.006     Document Type: Article

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