Hybrid carbon nanotubes-TiO2 photoanodes for high efficiency dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 28, 2013, Pages 14510-14517

  Dembele, Kadiatou Therese ^a,b   Selopal, Gurpreet Singh ^c,d   Soldano, Caterina ^c,d   Nechache, Riad ^a,b   Rimada, Julio Cesar ^e   Concina, Isabella ^c,d   Sberveglieri, Giorgio ^c,d   Rosei, Federico ^a,f   Vomiero, Alberto ^c,d  

^a INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAVANA   (Cuba)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CHEMICAL TREATMENTS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRON LIFETIME; LARGE-SCALE FABRICATION; NANO-CRYSTALLINE TIO; OPEN-CIRCUIT PHOTOVOLTAGE; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY;

CARBON NANOTUBES; EFFICIENCY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84880540901     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp403553t     Document Type: Article

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