Effect of compressed tio2 nanoparticle thin film thickness on the performance of dye-sensitized solar cells

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tsai, Jenn Kai ^a   Hsu, Wen Dung ^b   Wu, Tian Chiuan ^a   Meen, Teen Hang ^a   Chong, Wen Jie ^a  

^a NATIONAL FORMOSA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Doctor blading method; Dye sensitized solar cells (dsscs); Mechanism compression; Thickness; Tio2

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; FILM THICKNESS; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; THIN FILMS; TIO2 NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DOCTOR BLADING METHOD; ELECTRON DIFFUSION LENGTH; MECHANICAL COMPRESSION; NANOCRYSTALLINE TITANIUM DIOXIDE; OPTIMAL THICKNESS; SURFACE AREA; THICKNESS; TIO2;

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887266902     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-459     Document Type: Article

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