Multiple step growth of single crystalline rutile nanorods with the assistance of self-assembled monolayer for dye sensitized solar cells

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 5, Issue 19, 2013, Pages 9809-9815

  Yang, Mengjin ^a   Neupane, Suman ^a   Wang, Xuewen ^a   He, Jin ^a   Li, Wenzhi ^a   Pala, Nezih ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Florida International University   (United States)

Author keywords

dye sensitized solar cell; multiple step growth; rutile nanorod; self assembled monolayer; superhydrophilic; superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETCHING; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SUPERHYDROPHILICITY; SUPERHYDROPHOBICITY; TEMPERATURE; TIN OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ETCHING TREATMENT; FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; INTERNAL SURFACE AREA; INTERNAL SURFACES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE RUTILE; SOLAR CELL PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION TREATMENTS;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

COLORING AGENT; FLUORINE; NANOMATERIAL; NANOTUBE; POLYMER; TIN DERIVATIVE; TIN DIOXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; POWER SUPPLY; SOLAR ENERGY;

COLORING AGENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLIES; FLUORINE; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; POLYMERS; SOLAR ENERGY; TIN COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM;

EID: 84885452238     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4030092     Document Type: Article

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