Soft processing of hierarchical oxide nanostructures for dye-sensitized solar cell applications

Nano Energy

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1354-1372

  Wu, Jih Jen ^a   Liao, Wen Pin ^a   Yoshimura, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Dye sensitized solar cell; Hierarchical nanostructure; Nanoparticle film; Nanowire array; Soft processing; Solution processing

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOPARTICLE FILMS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SOLUTION-PROCESSING;

ANODES; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; METALLIC FILMS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS;

SOLAR CELLS;

EID: 84887822442     PISSN: 22112855     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nanoen.2013.06.018     Document Type: Review

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