Improved nonaqueous synthesis of TiO2 for dye-sensitized solar cells

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 8981-8989

  Stefik, Morgan ^a   Heiligtag, Florian J ^c   Niederberger, Markus ^c   Grätzel, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b EPFL   (Switzerland)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

anatase nanoparticle; benzyl alcohol; dye sensitized solar cell; nonhydrolytic

Indexed keywords

ANATASE NANOPARTICLES; BENZYL ALCOHOL; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; NON-AQUEOUS SYNTHESIS; NONHYDROLYTIC; POWER CONVERSION EFFICIENCIES;

NANOPARTICLES; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84887002467     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn403500g     Document Type: Article

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