Effect of Al3+ on the growth of ZnO nanograss film and its application in dye-sensitized solar cells

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 9637-9644

  Zhu, Shibu ^a   Tian, Xin ^a   Shan, Liming ^a   Ding, Zhaoying ^a   Kan, Zhengxing ^a   Xu, Xiaoling ^a   Zhou, Zuowan ^a   Wang, Li ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF SPACE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Aluminum ion; Dye sensitized solar cell; Solution method; ZnO nanograss

Indexed keywords

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; ELECTRON LIFETIME; NANOGRASS; OVERALL CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; SOLUTION METHODS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

ALUMINUM; ASPECT RATIO; FILM GROWTH; NANORODS; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR CELLS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84883788016     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.05.085     Document Type: Article

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