Fabrication, characterization of two nano-composite CuO-ZnO working electrodes for dye-sensitized solar cell

Spectrochimica Acta - Part A: Molecular and Biomolecular Spectroscopy

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 374-380

  Habibi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Karimi, Bahareh ^a   Zendehdel, Mahmoud ^a   Habibi, Mehdi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell (DSSC); Nano crystalline ZnO CuO; Photo electrode; Working electrode

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; TIN OXIDES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; CUO-ZNO NANOCOMPOSITES; DOCTOR BLADE TECHNIQUE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; WORKING ELECTRODE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

4 TERT BUTYLPYRIDINE; 4-TERT-BUTYLPYRIDINE; COLORING AGENT; COPPER; CUPRIC OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC); ELECTRODE; NANO-CRYSTALLINE ZNO-CUO; PHOTO-ELECTRODE; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY; WORKING ELECTRODE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL (DSSC); NANO-CRYSTALLINE ZNO-CUO; PHOTO-ELECTRODE; WORKING ELECTRODE;

COLORING AGENTS; COPPER; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRODES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PYRIDINES; SOLAR ENERGY; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84882416189     PISSN: 13861425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2013.07.046     Document Type: Article

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