Novel quasi-cube TiO2 nanoparticles as light-scattering layers for dye-sensitized solar cells

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Chen, Huei Siou ^a   Lin, Hsuan Ching ^a   Su, Chaochin ^a   Shen, Ming Tai ^b   Li, Wen Ren ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cube; Dye sensitized solar cell; Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy; Incident photon to current efficiency; Titanium oxide

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; GEOMETRY; LIGHT SCATTERING; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPY; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; TITANIUM OXIDES;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CUBE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INCIDENT PHOTON-TO-CURRENT EFFICIENCIES; LIGHT-SCATTERING LAYER; MICROSTRUCTURE DESIGN; PHOTOCONVERSION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

METAL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR ENERGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84883469060     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1836-6     Document Type: Article

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