Material characteristics and electrochemical performance of Sn-doped ZnO spherical-particle photoanode for dye-sensitized solar cells

Electrochimica Acta

Volumn 111, Issue , 2013, Pages 797-801

  Wang, Haohao ^a   Bhattacharjee, Ripon ^b   Hung, I Ming ^b   Li, Langkai ^a   Zeng, Renjie ^a  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YUAN ZE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cells; Sn element; Spherical particle; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; ENERGY CONVERSION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SOLAR CELLS; SPHERES; TIN; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; MATERIAL CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-ELECTRODES; POWER ENERGY; PRECIPITATION METHODS; SN ELEMENTS; SPHERICAL PARTICLE;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84883689800     PISSN: 00134686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.electacta.2013.07.199     Document Type: Article

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