Plasmon-Enhanced Light Trapping to Improve Efficiency of TiO2 Nanorod-Based Dye-Sensitized Solar Cell

Plasmonics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1501-1507

  Tripathi, Brijesh ^a   Yadav, Pankaj ^a   Kumar, Manoj ^a  

^a PANDIT DEENDAYAL PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Dye sensitized solar cell; FTO glass; Light trapping; Surface plasmons; TiO2 nanorod

Indexed keywords

EID: 84881612376     PISSN: 15571955     EISSN: 15571963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11468-013-9564-4     Document Type: Article

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