Influence of the annealing atmosphere on the performance of ZnO nanowire dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 117, Issue 32, 2013, Pages 16349-16356

  Fan, Jiandong ^a   Hao, Yan ^b   Munuera, Carmen ^c   García Hernández, Mar ^c   Güell, Frank ^d   Johansson, Erik M J ^b   Boschloo, Gerrit ^b   Hagfeldt, Anders ^b   Cabot, Andreu ^a,d  

^a CATALONIA INSTITUTE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH IREC   (Spain)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING ATMOSPHERES; CONDUCTIVE-ATOMIC FORCE; DEFECT CONCENTRATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; OPTOELECTRONIC PROPERTIES;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DEFECTS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; ZINC OXIDE;

ANNEALING;

EID: 84882293111     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp405557b     Document Type: Article

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