High conversion efficiency of dye-sensitized solar cells based on coral-like TiO2 nanostructured films: Synthesis and physical characterization

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 42, 2013, Pages 14837-14846

  Bahramian, Alireza ^a  

^a HAMEDAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROLYTES; LIGHT SCATTERING; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SURFACE STRUCTURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; HIGH CONVERSION EFFICIENCY; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; NANOSTRUCTURED FILMS; PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICES; PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84886777620     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie402536h     Document Type: Article

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