Characterization of zinc oxide dye-sensitized solar cell incorporation with single-walled carbon nanotubes

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1753-1760

  Omar, Azimah ^a   Abdullah, Huda ^a   Shaari, Sahbudin ^a   Taha, Mohd Raihan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

crystal; photovoltaic; thin film

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNTS);

CHEMICAL BONDS; CRYSTALS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN); SOLAR CELLS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880242270     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.25     Document Type: Article

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